Basal metabolic rate of Canidae from hot deserts to cold arctic climates

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 394-400

  Careau, Vincent ^a   Morand Ferron, Julie ^b   Thomas, Don ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Canids; Carnivores; Climate; Phylogenetically independent contrasts

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BODY MASS; CANID; CARNIVORE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DESERT; LITERATURE REVIEW; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENETICS;

CANIDAE; CARNIVORA;

EID: 34248381712     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-111R1.1     Document Type: Article

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