Thermal acclimation, maximum metabolic rate, and nonshivering thermogenesis of Phyllotis xanthopygus (Rodentia) in the Andes mountains

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 742-748

  Nespolo, Roberto F ^a   Opazo, Juan C ^a   Rosenmann, Mario ^b   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Andean rodent; Non shivering thermogenesis; Oxygen consumption; Phyllotis xanthopygus; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; PHYLLOTIS XANTHOPYGUS; RODENTIA; XANTHOPYGUS;

EID: 0000935279     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383243     Document Type: Article

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