Phylogenetically informed analysis of the allometry of mammalian basal metabolic rate supports neither geometric nor quarter-power scaling

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2658-2667

  White, Craig R ^a,b   Blackburn, Tim M ^c   Seymour, Roger S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass; Independent contrasts; Phylogenetic generalized least squares; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BODY MASS; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; GENETICS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 70349860194     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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