Phenotypic plasticity in the scaling of avian basal metabolic rate

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1589, 2006, Pages 931-937

  McKechnie, Andrew E ^a   Freckleton, Robert P ^b   Jetz, Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Basal metabolic rate; Captivity; Metabolic scaling

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIRD; BODY MASS; CAPTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; WILD POPULATION;

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIRD; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 33744532915     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3415     Document Type: Article

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