The interactions between temperature and activity levels in driving metabolic rate: theory, with empirical validation from contrasting ectotherms

Oecologia

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1117-1129

  Halsey, L G ^a   Matthews, P G D ^b,c   Rezende, E L ^a   Chauvaud, L ^d   Robson, A A ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Activity; Cockroach; Energy expenditure; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; COCKROACH; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECTOTHERMY; ENERGY USE; MODEL VALIDATION; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BLATTARIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTHROPOD; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; COCKROACH; SCALLOP; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BASAL METABOLISM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCKROACHES; PECTINIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84925237236     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3190-5     Document Type: Article

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