Making overall dynamic body acceleration work: On the theory of acceleration as a proxy for energy expenditure

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-33

  Gleiss, Adrian C ^a   Wilson, Rory P ^a   Shepard, Emily L C ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Activity; Behaviour; Energy; Metabolic rate; Power; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856216967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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