Context-dependent correlation between resting metabolic rate and daily energy expenditure in wild chipmunks

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 418-426

  Careau, Vincent ^a,f   Réale, Denis ^b   Garant, Dany ^a   Pelletier, Fanie ^a   Speakman, John R ^c,d   Humphries, Murray M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; BMR; Doubly labelled water; Field metabolic rate; Sustained metabolic scope

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM; SCIURIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; SCIURIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 84872587251     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.076794     Document Type: Article

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