A new thermoregulatory index for heterothermy

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-145

  Muñoz Garcia, Agustí ^a   Ben Hamo, Miriam ^b   Korine, Carmi ^b   Pinshow, Berry ^b   Williams, Joseph B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Heterothermy; Resting metabolic rate; Thermoregulation index

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893958794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12131     Document Type: Article

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