Seasonal differences in resting oxygen consumption, respiratory quotient, and free thyroxine in woodchucks

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 4 43-4, 1998, Pages

  Rawson, Richard E ^a   Concannon, Patrick W ^a   Roberts, Paul J ^a   Tennant, Bud C ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight; Food intake; Photoperiod; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HIBERNATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WOODCHUCK;

EID: 0031969154     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1998.274.4.r963     Document Type: Article

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