The effect of temperature on the pattern of torpor in a marsupial hibernator

Journal of Comparative Physiology B

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 133-137

  Geiser, F ^a   Broome, L S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Kosciusko National Park ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Hibernation; Marsupial, Burramys parvus; Metabolic rate; Thermoregulation; Torpor bouts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HIBERNATION; OPOSSUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HIBERNATION; OPOSSUMS; SEASONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027344942     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: 1432136X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00263598     Document Type: Article

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