Cargando…
City-Scale Expansion of Human Thermoregulatory Costs
The physiological maintenance of a stable internal temperature by mammals and birds – the phenomenon termed homeothermy – is well known to be energetically expensive. The annual energy requirements of free-living mammals and birds are estimated to be 15–30 times higher than those of similar-size ect...
| Autores principales: | , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
| Publicado: |
Public Library of Science
2013
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3797062/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24143181 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076238 |