Does Basal Metabolic Rate Contain a Useful Signal? Mammalian BMR Allometry and Correlations with a Selection of Physiological, Ecological, and Life‐History Variables

White, Craig R.; Seymour, Roger S.

doi:10.1086/425186

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Does Basal Metabolic Rate Contain a Useful Signal? Mammalian BMR Allometry and Correlations with a Selection of Physiological, Ecological, and Life‐History Variables

White, Craig R., Seymour, Roger S.·2004·Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

DOI 10.1086/425186

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Basal metabolic rate (BMR, mL O2 h(-1)) is a useful measurement only if standard conditions are realised. We present an analysis of the relationship between mammalian body mass (M, g) and BMR that accounts for variation associated with body temperature, digestive state, and phylogeny. In contrast to the established paradigm that BMR proportional to M3/4, data from 619 species, representing 19 mammalian orders and encompassing five orders of magnitude variation in M, show that BMR proportional to M2/3. If variation associated with body temperature and digestive state are removed, the BMRs of eutherians, marsupials, and birds do not differ, and no significant allometric exponent heterogeneity remains between orders. The usefulness of BMR as a general measurement is supported by the observation that after the removal of body mass effects, the residuals of BMR are significantly correlated with the residuals for a variety of physiological and ecological variables, including maximum metabolic rate, field metabolic rate, resting heart rate, life span, litter size, and population density.

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Authors: White, C. R., & Seymour, R. S.
Affiliations: The University of Adelaide (AU)
Corresponding author: White, Craig R.
Seymour, Roger S.
ORCID: White, Craig R.
Seymour, Roger S.
Venue: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2004-11
Volume: 77
Issue: 6
Pages: 929-941
ISSN: 1522-2152 (ISSN-L)
1537-5293
DOI: 10.1086/425186
OpenAlex: W2045053807
Cited by: 183
References: 69
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 10 · 2016: 10 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 7 · 2012: 9
FWCI: 7.52
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Physiological and biochemical adaptations
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Evolution and Paleontology Studies
Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Keywords: basal metabolic rate, body mass scaling, allometric exponent, body temperature, phylogeny, placental mammals, marsupials, birds, maximum metabolic rate, field metabolic rate, resting heart rate, lifespan, litter size, population density, life-history traits
MeSH terms: Animals, Basal Metabolism, Birds, Body Temperature, Biological Evolution, Mammals, Phylogeny, Species Specificity, Ecosystem, Body Size

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