Winter Adaptations of Male Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and Prairie Voles (Microtus ochrogaster) That Vary in Reproductive Responsiveness to Photoperiod

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 221-232

  Moffatt, Christopher A ^a   Nelson, Randy J ^a   Devries, A Courtney ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; BMR; circadian rhythms; locomotor activity; photoperiodism; seasonality; testis function; testosterone; thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRICETIDAE; EATING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MURIDAE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; TESTIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; MALE; MICROTINAE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEROMYSCUS; PHOTOPERIOD; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TESTIS;

EID: 0027655085     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074873049300800305     Document Type: Article

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