Sources and significance of variation in basal, summit and maximal metabolic rates in birds

Current Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 741-758

  McKechnie, Andrew E ^a   Swanson, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Birds; Maximal metabolic rate; Phenotypic flexibility; Reaction norms

Indexed keywords

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EID: 78649436146     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/56.6.741     Document Type: Review

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