Torpor in the tropics: The case of the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus)

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-139

  Schmid, Jutta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Verhaltensökologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass; Body temperature; Daily energy expenditure; Gray mouse lemur; Madagascar; Metabolic rate; Population dynamics; Torpor

Indexed keywords

CHEIROGALEIDAE; CHEIROGALEUS; LEMUR; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 0006530479     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00019     Document Type: Article

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