Effects of body mass and huddling on resting metabolic rates of post-weaned European rabbits under different simulated weather conditions

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1070-1080

  Seltmann, Martin W ^a   Ruf, Thomas ^b   Rödel, Heiko G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Behaviour; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Oxygen consumption; Rain

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BODY MASS; BURROW; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LAGOMORPH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METABOLISM; RAINFALL; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURFACE AREA; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 70449361671     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01581.x     Document Type: Article

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