Effect of Winter High Temperatures on Reproduction and Circannual Rhythms in Hibernating Ground Squirrels

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 119-130

  Barnes, Brian M ^a   York, Alison D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; HIBERNATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SCROTUM; SEASON; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS;

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; HIBERNATION; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SCIURIDAE; SCROTUM; SEASONS; SEX MATURATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS;

EID: 0025435377     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049000500204     Document Type: Article

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