Seasonal thermogenic acclimation of diurnally and nocturnally active desert spiny mice

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-44

  Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^a,d   Haim, Abraham ^b   Dayan, Tamar ^a   Zisapel, Nava ^a   Klingenspor, Martin ^c   Heldmaier, Gerhard ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ACTIVITY PATTERN; DESERT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; MURIDAE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; MURIDAE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS;

ACOMYS; ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; ACOMYS RUSSATUS; ANIMALIA; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SPINY;

EID: 0034062422     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316718     Document Type: Article

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