Comparative non-shivering thermogenesis in adjacent populations of the common spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus) from opposite slopes: The effects of increasing salinity

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

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-5

  Scantlebury, Michael ^a,b   Afik, Daniel ^a   Shanas, Uri ^a   Haim, Abraham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Non shivering thermogenesis; Resting metabolic rate; Rodents; Salinity; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; DRUG EFFECT; MURIDAE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SALT INTAKE; SHIVERING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; DESERT CLIMATE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MURIDAE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SHIVERING; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY;

EID: 0036928349     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600100220     Document Type: Article

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