Winter Is Coming: Seasonal Variation in Resting Metabolic Rate of the European Badger (Meles meles).

Winter Is Coming: Seasonal Variation in Resting Metabolic Rate of the European Badger (Meles meles).

Resting metabolic rate (RMR) is a measure of the minimum energy requirements of an animal at rest, and can give an indication of the costs of somatic maintenance. We measured RMR of free-ranging European badgers (Meles meles) to determine whether differences were related to sex, age and season. Badg...

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Main Authors: David W McClune, Berit Kostka, Richard J Delahay, W Ian Montgomery, Nikki J Marks, David M Scantlebury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4564200?pdf=render

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