Allometric scaling of maximum metabolic rate: The influence of temperature

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 616-623

  White, C R ^a,b   Terblanche, J S ^c   Kabat, A P ^a   Blackburn, T M ^d   Chown, S L ^c   Butler, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Aerobic capacity; Metabolic theory of ecology; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ALLOMETRY; BODY TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; MOTILITY; MUSCLE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TESTING METHOD;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 47249135053     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01399.x     Document Type: Article

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