First published online May 21, 2007
Journal of Experimental Biology 210, 2000-2005 (2007)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2007
doi: 10.1242/jeb.02780
Whole-animal metabolic rate is a repeatable trait: a meta-analysis
Roberto F. Nespolo1,* and
Marcela Franco2
1 Instituto de Ecología y Evolución, Universidad Austral de
Chile, Casilla 567, Valdivia, Chile
2 Instituto de Zoología, Universidad Austral de Chile, Casilla 567,
Valdivia, Chile

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Fig. 1. Frequency histogram of published repeatabilities reviewed in this study
(see Table 1 for details).
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Fig. 2. Funnel plot showing the relationship between effect size and sample size.
For resolution purposes, two cases with N=242
(Garland and Bennett, 1990 ),
which did not change the regression results, were excluded from the graph.
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Fig. 3. Cumulative effect sizes in repeatability estimations (see
Table 1). Error bars represent
95% confident intervals.
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