Scaling of body temperature in mammals and birds

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-67

  Clarke, Andrew ^a   Rothery, Peter ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird; Mammal; Mass; Scaling; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECOLOGY; MARSUPIAL; MASS; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; SCALE EFFECT; UNGULATE;

ARTIODACTYLA; AVES; CARNIVORA; CHIROPTERA; CICONIIFORMES; EUTHERIA; FERAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; UNGULATA;

EID: 38149071576     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01341.x     Document Type: Article

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