Rhythmicity of torpor in a marsupial hibernator, the mountain pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus), under natural and laboratory conditions

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

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 631-638

  Kortner G ^a   Song, X ^a,b   Geiser, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arousal; Circadian rhythms; Entry; Hibernation; Marsupial; Mountain pygmy possum; Torpor bouts

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; HIBERNATION; OPOSSUM; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BODY WEIGHT; HIBERNATION; OPOSSUMS; PERIODICITY;

EID: 0032430164     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050186     Document Type: Article

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