Fig. 3. Relationship between peak postfeeding resting metabolic rate
(RMRpp, ml O2 h-1) and body mass
(Mb, g). RMRpp is the highest metabolic rate
observed in resting animals following feeding and is related to
Mb according to
RMRpp=7.91Mb0.75±0.03 (95%
CI), r2=0.99, N=19. Data from Lusk
(1915), Brody
(1945), Gallivan and Ronald
(1981), Costa and Kooyman
(1984), Diamond et al.
(1985), McDonald et al.
(1988), MacArthur and Campbell
(1994), Markussen et al.
(1994), Rosen and Trites
(1997), Sherwood
(1997), Clements et al.
(1998), Campbell et al.
(1999).