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The metabolic response of the Bradypus sloth to temperature
Poikilotherms and homeotherms have different, well-defined metabolic responses to ambient temperature (T(a)), but both groups have high power costs at high temperatures. Sloths (Bradypus) are critically limited by rates of energy acquisition and it has previously been suggested that their unusual de...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6151113/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30258712 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5600 |