Cell size and basal metabolic rate in hummingbirds

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 261-265

  Opazo, Juan C ^a   Soto Gamboa, Mauricio ^b   Fernández, María José ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Hummingbirds; Mean corpuscular volume; Nucleotypic theory

Indexed keywords

AVES; TROCHILIDAE;

EID: 23144460044     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-078X2005000200010     Document Type: Article

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