The allometry of avian basal metabolic rate: Good predictions need good data

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 502-521

  McKechnie, Andrew E ^a,b   Wolf, Blair O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; METABOLISM;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SAMPLE SIZE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4143146388     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383511     Document Type: Article

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