Performance correlates of resting metabolic rate in garden skinks Lampropholis delicata

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 663-673

  Merritt, Lucy ^a   Matthews, Philip G D ^a   White, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Sprint speed; Thermal preference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WEIGHT; LIZARD; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY WEIGHT; LIZARDS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; LAMPROPHOLIS DELICATA;

EID: 84879274245     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0736-x     Document Type: Article

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