From doubly labelled water to half-life; validating radio-isotopic rubidium turnover to measure metabolism in small vertebrates
The doubly labelled water method (DLW) is widely used to measure field metabolic rate (FMR), but it has some limitations. Here, we validate an innovative technique for measuring FMR by comparing the turnover of isotopic rubidium (86Rb kb) with DLW depletion and the rate of CO2 production (V·co2) mea...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/52214 |