Thermoregulatory responses of the North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum bruneri) to decreasing ambient temperature and increasing wind speed

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 339-346

  DeMatteo, Karen E ^a   Harlow, Henry J ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

metabolism; peripheral heterothermia; porcupine; rosette region; skin surface; subcutaneous; thermal conductance; wind

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER;

EID: 0030971658     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(96)00256-8     Document Type: Article

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