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Among- and within-individual correlations between basal and maximal metabolic rates in birds.
The Journal of experimental biology - 15 Oct 2014
Careau Vincent, Hoye Bethany J, O'Dwyer Terence W, Buttemer William A
Abstract excerpt
The aerobic capacity model proposes that endothermy is a by-product of selection favouring high maximal metabolic rates (MMR) and its mechanistic coupling with basal metabolic rate (BMR). Attempts to validate this model in birds are equivocal and restricted to phenotypic correlations (rP), thus failing to distinguish among- and within-individual correlations (rind and re). We examined 300 paired measurements of...
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