Climatic adaptation and the evolution of basal and maximum rates of metabolism in rodents

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1361-1374

  Rezende, Enrico L ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^b   Garland Jr , Theodore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bergmann's rule; Body size; Comparative method; Diet; Endothermy; Energetics; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; METABOLISM; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042645252     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01714.x     Document Type: Article

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