Limits to sustained energy intake. XIII. Recent progress and future perspectives

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-241

  Speakman, John R ^a   Król, Elzbieta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Central limitation; Heat dissipation limit theory; Heat transfer; Lactation; Metabolic theory of ecology; Milk production; Peripheral limitation; Sustained energy expenditure; Sustained metabolic scope

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MOUSE; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ENERGY INTAKE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MICE; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 78651319943     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.048603     Document Type: Article

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