Evolution of homeothermy in mammals
- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 272 (5651), 333-336
- https://doi.org/10.1038/272333a0
Abstract
Mammalian homeothermy was probably acquired in 2 steps. The 1st step enabled mammals to invade a nocturnal niche without an increase in resting metabolic rate. The 2nd step enabled them to invade a diurnal niche and involved the acquisition of higher body temperatures and metabolic rates.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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