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Factors affecting oxygen consumption in wild-caught yellow-bellied marmots (Marmota flaviventris)

Authors: Armitage, K. B.; Salsbury, C. M.
Year: 1992
Journal: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Vol. 103A, pp. 729-737
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(92)90174-o
Keywords: ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY, MARMOT, RMBL

Abstract

It is suggested that basal metabolic rate is not an appropriate measure of the metabolic activity of free-ranging animals because basal metabolism is a stage on a food-deprivation curve.

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