Metabolic adaptation for low energy throughput in orangutans

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 14048-14052

  Pontzer, Herman ^a   Raichlen, David A ^b   Shumaker, Robert W ^c,d   Ocobock, Cara ^a   Wich, Serge A ^e,f  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c INDIANAPOLIS ZOO   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f PanEco Foundation   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Daily energy expenditure; Doubly labeled water; Energetics; Life history

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HABITAT; HUMAN; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; PONGO;

EUTHERIA; HOMINIDAE; MAMMALIA; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 77956280161     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1001031107     Document Type: Article

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