Using direct calorimetry to test the accuracy of indirect calorimetry in an ectotherm

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 830-835

  Walsberg, Glenn E ^a   Hoffman, Ty C M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; ECTOTHERMY; ENDOTHERMY; GAS EXCHANGE; HEAT PRODUCTION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN; SNAKE;

ANIMAL; CALORIMETRY; HEAT; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BOIDAE; CALORIMETRY; HEAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PYTHON REGIUS;

EID: 33746312908     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505514     Document Type: Review

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