Temperature, metabolic power and the evolution of endothermy

Biological Reviews

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 703-727

  Clarke, Andrew ^a   Pörtner, Hans Otto ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerobic scope; Body temperature; Endothermy; Mitochondria; Muscle power output

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REVIEW; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMETRY; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; THERMOGENESIS;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78049511701     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00122.x     Document Type: Review

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