Scaling of basal metabolic rate with body mass and temperature in mammals

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 610-619

  Clarke, Andrew ^a   Rothery, Peter ^b   Isaac, Nick J B ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Bird; Diet; Energetics; Phylogeny; Thermal ecology

Indexed keywords

ENVIRON; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGETICS; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIET; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LINEAR MODELS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOLS; PHYLOGENY;

ARTIODACTYLA; AVES; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; MAMMALIA; SORICOMORPHA;

EID: 77950439987     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01672.x     Document Type: Article

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