Daily torpor in the gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) in Madagascar: Energetic consequences and biological significance

Oecologia

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-183

  Schmid, Jutta ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Madagascar; Metabolism; Microcebus murinus; Thermoregulation; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; PRIMATE; TORPOR;

MADAGASCAR;

MICROCEBUS MURINUS;

EID: 0034022481     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420051003     Document Type: Article

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