Dynamic thermal balance in the leaf-eared mouse: The interplay among ambient temperature, body size, and behavior

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 396-404

  Bustamante, Diego M ^a   Nespolo, Roberto F ^a   Rezende, Enrico L ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; RODENT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MURIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; MOVEMENT; MURIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; MURIDAE; PHYLLOTIS; PHYLLOTIS DARWINI; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036660480     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342253     Document Type: Article

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