Intraspecific variability in the basal metabolic rate: Testing the food habits hypothesis

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 452-460

  Bozinovic, Francisco ^a   Muñoz, José L P ^a   Cruz Neto, Ariovaldo P ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; METABOLISM; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MURIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY WEIGHT; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MURIDAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHYLLOTIS DARWINI;

EID: 34250795223     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518376     Document Type: Article

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