Measuring the energy expenditure and water flux in free-ranging alpacas (Lama pacos) in the Peruvian Andes using the doubly labelled water technique

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 667-675

  Riek, Alexander ^a   Van Der Sluijs, Leendert ^a   Gerken, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; CAMELIDAE; LAMA PACOS;

DEUTERIUM OXIDE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; DRINKING; ENERGY METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CLIMATE; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; DRINKING; ENERGY METABOLISM; MALE;

EID: 36749072663     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.419     Document Type: Article

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