An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-28

  McNab, Brian Keith ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Ecological factors; Energetics; Eutherian reproduction; Marsupials; Monotremes; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; CLIMATE; COLD CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GAS; GAS EXCHANGE; MARSUPIAL; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAXONOMY;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA;

EID: 47949092183     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.05.008     Document Type: Article

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