Torpor patterns in the pouched mouse (Saccostomus campestris; Rodentia): A model animal for unpredictable environments

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 303-312

  Lovegrove, B G ^a   Raman, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TESTIS; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; RODENTIA; SOUTH AFRICA; TESTIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0032076779     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050150     Document Type: Article

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