Effects of temperature and photoperiod on thermogenesis in plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae) and root voles (Microtus oeconomus)

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

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-83

  Wang, D ^a   Sun, R ^b   Wang, Z ^a   Liu, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Mitochondria; Plateau pika; Root vole; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAGOMORPH; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; LAGOMORPHA; MITOCHONDRIA; PHOTOPERIOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033083522     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050196     Document Type: Article

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