Basal metabolic rates in mammals: taxonomic differences in the allometry of BMR and body mass.

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  1985

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  Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology

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  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1016/0300-9629(85)90904-1PMID 2863065
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