Energetic cost of calling: general constraints and species-specific differences

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1564-1569

  Ophir, A G ^a   Schrader, S B ^b   Gillooly, J F ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic signals; Allometry; Bioacoustic; Call efficiency; Communication; Metabolic theory

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AMPHIBIAN; BIOACOUSTICS; BIOENERGETICS; BIRD; BODY MASS; COMMUNICATION; ECTOTHERMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HETEROGENEITY; INSECT; METABOLISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIGNALING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; HEXAPODA;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FROGS AND TOADS; INSECT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANURA; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; INSECTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77954169029     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02005.x     Document Type: Article

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