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Basal metabolic rate in free-living tropical birds: the influence of phylogenetic, behavioral, and ecological factors
The majority of our knowledge of avian energetics is based on studies of birds from temperate and high latitudes. Using the largest existing sample of wild-caught Old World tropical species, we showed that birds from Southern Vietnam had lower basal metabolic rate (BMR) than temperate species. The s...
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5809028/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492036 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cz/zox018 |