Phenotypic integration of morphology and energetic performance under routine capacities: A study in the leaf-eared mouse Phyllotis darwini

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-299

  Bacigalupe, Leonardo D ^a   Bustamante, Diego M ^b   Bozinovic, Francisco ^b   Nespolo, Roberto F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Canonical correlation; Maximum metabolic rate; Organ masses; Path analysis; Sustained metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; COLD; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGMODONTINAE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANIMALIA; PHYLLOTIS DARWINI;

EID: 77649315323     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0410-0     Document Type: Article

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