Blood flow to long bones indicates activity metabolism in mammals, reptiles and dinosaurs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1728, 2012, Pages 451-456

  Seymour, Roger S ^a   Smith, Sarah L ^a   White, Craig R ^b   Henderson, Donald M ^c   Schwarz Wings, Daniela ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Blood flow; Bone remodelling; Metabolic rate; Nutrient foramen

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; BODY SIZE; BONE; DINOSAUR; EXTINCTION; HABITAT TYPE; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84055218204     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.0968     Document Type: Article

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