Seasonal trends in body mass, food intake and resting metabolic rate, and induction of metabolic depression in arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus) at Svalbard

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

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 361-369

  Fuglei, E ^a   Oritsland N A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic mammals; Energy intake; Metabolic rate; Seasonal variation; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ALOPEX LAGOPUS;

EID: 0033200118     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050232     Document Type: Article

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