The costs of carnivory

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 0363-0368

  Carbone, Chris ^a   Teacher, Amber ^a   Rowcliffe, J Marcus ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARNIVORY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; NONHUMAN; PREY; SWALLOWING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33846966311     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050022     Document Type: Article

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