Open AccessMetabolic heat production and thermal conductance are mass-independent adaptations to thermal environment in birds and mammals
Author(s) -
Trevor S. Fristoe,
Joseph R. Burger,
Meghan A. Balk,
Imran Khaliq,
Christian Hof,
James H. Brown
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
carolina digital repository (university of north carolina at chapel hill)
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.17615/93xg-r842
Subject(s) - thermal , production (economics) , adaptation (eye) , thermal conductivity , thermal mass , metabolic rate , conductance , biology , environmental science , materials science , chemistry , physics , thermodynamics , condensed matter physics , composite material , neuroscience , economics , macroeconomics , endocrinology