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Abstract
Basal and maximum metabolic rates, measured by oxygen consumption, for 18 species of wild mammals have been obtained from a search of literature records. The mass exponent of the allometric regression equation for maximum metabolic rate is significantly higher than that for BMR (0.841 and 0.745, respectively; P less than 0.05) in the group of animals examined. No significant correlation between mass-independent basal and maximum metabolic rates has been found. These results do not support the 'aerobic capacity' model of the origin of endothermy.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 2886256 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(87)90447-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Comp Biochem Physiol A Comp Physiol ISSN: 0300-9629