Size- and temperature-independence of minimum life-supporting metabolic rates

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-96

  Makarieva, A M ^a,b   Gorshkov, V G ^a   Li, B L ^b   Chown, S L ^c  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Anoxia; Arthropods; Ectotherms; Endotherms; Survival

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ECTOTHERMY; ENDOTHERMY; FOOD LIMITATION; METABOLISM; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 33645236954     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01070.x     Document Type: Article

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