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field metabolic rate: a standalone construct

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Comparative physiology

the total energy an animal spends per day while living free in the wild, typically measured with doubly labelled water and scaled against body mass.

In comparative physiology, field metabolic rate refers to the total energy an animal spends per day while living free in the wild, typically measured with doubly labelled water and scaled against body mass. This meaning comes from Nagy (1987) in Ecological Monographs.[1]

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References

Nagy, K. A. (1987). Field Metabolic Rate and Food Requirement Scaling in Mammals and Birds. Ecological Monographs, 57(2), 111-128. https://doi.org/10.2307/1942620

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