On the intraspecific variability in basal metabolism and the food habits hypothesis in birds
The food habits hypothesis (FHH) stands as one of the most striking and often-cited interspecific patterns to emerge from comparative studies of endothermic energetics. The FHH identifies three components of diet that potentially produce variability in mass-independent BMR, i.e. food quality, food a...
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Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010-12-01
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Series: | Current Zoology |
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Online Access: | http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11700 |