Mammalian Metabolism and Life Histories

There is no empirical evidence for the claim that basal or active daily metabolic rates contribute to taxonomic variation in mammalian or eutherian life histories when body-size effects are controlled for. There is also no empirical evidence for the claim that dietary differences contribute to taxon...

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Published in:The American naturalist 1991-04, Vol.137 (4), p.556-566
Main Authors: Harvey, Paul H., Pagel, Mark D., Rees, Jane A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Basal metabolism
Biological and medical sciences
Biological taxonomies
Coefficients
Ecological life histories
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Mammalia
Mammals
Phylogeny
Physiology
Primates
Taxa
Zoology
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Summary:There is no empirical evidence for the claim that basal or active daily metabolic rates contribute to taxonomic variation in mammalian or eutherian life histories when body-size effects are controlled for. There is also no empirical evidence for the claim that dietary differences contribute to taxonomic variation in mammalian or eutherian metabolic rates when bodysize effects are controlled for.
ISSN:0003-0147
1537-5323
DOI:10.1086/285183