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Environment, Migratory Tendency, Phylogeny and Basal Metabolic Rate in Birds

Basal metabolic rate (BMR) represents the minimum maintenance energy requirement of an endotherm and has far-reaching consequences for interactions between animals and their environments. Avian BMR exhibits considerable variation that is independent of body mass. Some long-distance migrants have bee...

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Autores principales: Jetz, Walter, Freckleton, Robert P., McKechnie, Andrew E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2533122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18810267
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003261