Thermoregulatory responses to variations of photoperiod and ambient temperature in the male lesser mouse lemur: A primitive or an advanced adaptive character?

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

Volumn 168, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 540-548

  Aujard, F ^a   Perret, M ^a   Vannier, G ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Oxygen consumption; Photoperiod; Primate; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WATER; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WATER; CHEIROGALEIDAE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032189314     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050175     Document Type: Article

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