Linear relationship between the total metabolic energy per life span and the body mass of poikilothermic animals

Bulgarian Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 7-8

  Atanasov, Atanas ^a  

^a TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GRAVITY; LIFESPAN; LIZARD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLLUSC; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTOZOON; REPTILE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 17844374305     PISSN: 08619883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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