The scaling and temperature dependence of vertebrate metabolism

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 125-127

  White, Craig R ^a,b   Phillips, Nicole F ^a   Seymour, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body mass; Body temperature; Metabolic rate; Scaling

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TIME; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33644891317     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0378     Document Type: Article

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