Comparative winter thermoregulation and body temperature in three sympatric Apodemus species (A. alpicola, A. flavicollis, and A. sylvaticus)

Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 273-284

  Aeschimann, J ^a   Bourquin, Laetitia ^a,b   Engels, Barbara ^a,c   Thomas, Chantal ^a   Vogel, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Inst de Zool et Ecologie Animale Université de Lausanne Bâtiment de Biologie ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apodemus; Metabolism; Rodents; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

APODEMUS ALPICOLA; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS;

EID: 0031782704     PISSN: 00443468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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