Allometric estimation of metabolic rates in animals

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 346-357

  White, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Independent contrasts; Mammals; Metabolism; Ordinary least squares; Reduced major axis; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; HABITAT; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; REDUCED MAJOR AXIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPECIES ENDEMICITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79251596923     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.10.004     Document Type: Review

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