An investigation of some aspects of the transition from ectothermic to endothermic metabolism in vertebrates
The standard metabolic rates (SMRs) of 19 lizard and a single crocodilian species were measured at 30 "C, and 14 lizards at 37 "C. The basal metabolic rates (BMRs) of 8 mammal ian species were also determined using similar techniques. Although the inter-specific exponent relating BMR to bo...
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Durham University
1984
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.353869 |