The allometric relationship between resting metabolic rate and body mass in wild waterfowl (Anatidae) and an application to estimation of winter habitat requirements

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 166-177

  Miller, Michael R ^a   Eadie, John McA ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Anatidae; Bioenergetics models; Body mass; Habitat requirements; Resting metabolism; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; ANSERIFORMES; AVES;

EID: 32344437265     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[0166:TARBRM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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