Functional linkages for the pace of life, life-history, and environment in birds

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 855-868

  Williams, Joseph B ^a   Miller, Richard A ^b,c   Harper, James M ^b,c   Wiersma, Popko ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIRD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENT; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; LONGEVITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952129167     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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