Moving towards acceleration for estimates of activity-specific metabolic rate in free-living animals: The case of the cormorant

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1081-1090

  Wilson, Rory P ^a   White, Craig R ^b   Quintana, Flavio ^c,d   Halsey, Lewis G ^b   Liebsch, Nikolai ^a   Martin, Graham R ^b   Butler, Patrick J ^b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doubly labelled water; Dynamic acceleration; Energy expenditure; Heart rate; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL COMMUNITY; ENERGY BUDGET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METABOLISM; NATURAL SELECTION;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX ATRICEPS; PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 33746797039     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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