Dinosaur energetics: Setting the bounds on feasible physiologies and ecologies

American Naturalist

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-297

  Clarke, Andrew ^a,b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dinosaur; Energetics; Growth; Metabolism; Migration; Size; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIFESTYLE; METABOLISM; MIGRATION; NICHE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL RESPIRATION; DINOSAUR; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL RESPIRATION; DINOSAURS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84881534117     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/671259     Document Type: Article

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