Scaling of free-ranging primate energetics with body mass predicts low energy expenditure in humans

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 193-199

  Simmen, Bruno ^a   Darlu, Pierre ^b   Hladik, Claude Marcel ^a   Pasquet, Patrick ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Doubly labeled water; Energy balance; Eutherian mammals; Field metabolic rate; Metabolic allometry; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY MASS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; LEMURIDAE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIFESTYLE; MOUSE LEMUR; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PRIMATE; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY SIZE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY SIZE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84910018751     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.10.018     Document Type: Article

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