Metabolism and temperature regulation during daily torpor in the smallest primate, the pygmy mouse lemur (Microcebus myoxinus) in Madagascar

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

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-68

  Schmid, J ^a,b,e   Ruf, T ^c   Heldmaier, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Environmental conditions; Madagascar; Metabolic rate; Microcebus myoxinus; Pygmy mouse lemur; Torpor

Indexed keywords

MICROCEBUS MYOXINUS;

EID: 0034036087     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050008     Document Type: Article

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