Seasonal changes in brown fat and pelage in southern short-tailed shrews

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 271-278

  Dew, Elisa M ^a   Carson, Keith A ^a   Rose, Robert K ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blarina carolinensis; Brown adipose tissue; Mitochondria; Pelage; Short tailed shrew

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006638311     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382863     Document Type: Article

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