Maximal sustained energy budgets in humans and animals

被引:429
作者
Hammond, KA [1 ]
Diamond, J [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, SCH MED, DEPT PHYSIOL, LOS ANGELES, CA 90095 USA
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10.1038/386457a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Why are sustained energy budgets of humans and other vertebrates limited to not more than about seven times resting metabolic: rate? The answer to this question has potential applications to growth rates, foraging ecology, blogeography, plant metabolism, burn patients and sports medicine.
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页码:457 / 462
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