Ecological factors affect the level and scaling of avian BMR

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-45

  McNab, Brian Keith ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Avian flight; Ecological factors; Energetics; Geography; Mammalian flight; Migration; Non passerines; Passerines; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREED; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLIMATE; DUCKS AND GEESE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; LIFESTYLE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PELECANIFORMES; PENGUIN; PROCELLARIIFORMES; SITTING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES HABITAT; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANSERIFORMES; AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES; PELECANIFORMES; PROCELLARIIFORMES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 56949087044     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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