Seasonal effects of food provisioning on body fat, insulin, and corticosterone in free-living juvenile Belding's ground squirrels (Spermophilus beldingi)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 366-371

  Nunes, Scott ^a   Muecke, Eva Maria ^a   Holekamp, Kay E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; INSULIN;

HIBERNATION;

ECOLOGY;

BODY CONDITION; FAT RESERVE; FOOD PROVISIONING; HORMONE; METABOLISM; RODENT;

RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS BELDINGI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036203503     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z01-222     Document Type: Article

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