Allometry of thermal variables in mammals: Consequences of body size and phylogeny

Biological Reviews

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 564-572

  Riek, Alexander ^a,b   Geiser, Fritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Lower critical temperature; Mammals; Marsupials; Thermal neutral zone; Upper critical temperature

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LOWER CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIALS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL NEUTRAL ZONE; UPPER CRITICAL TEMPERATURE;

ALLOMETRY; LOWER CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; MAMMALS; MARSUPIALS; THERMAL NEUTRAL ZONE; UPPER CRITICAL TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 84880046286     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/brv.12016     Document Type: Article

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