Regulation of body temperature and energy requirements of hibernating Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota)

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 3 47-3, 2000, Pages

  Ortmann, Sylvia ^a   Heldmaier, Gerhard ^b  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body temperature ambient temperature gradient; Hibernation physiology; Metabolic rate; Thermal conductance; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HIBERNATION; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIURIDAE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

MARMOTA MARMOTA;

EID: 0034058094     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2000.278.3.r698     Document Type: Article

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