Effects of season and temperature acclimation on electrocardiogram and heart rate of toads

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-83

  Chapovetsky, Victoria ^a   Katz, U ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Bufo regularis; Bufo viridis; ECG; Poikilotherms; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TOAD; WINTER;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO REGULARIS; BUFO VIRIDIS;

EID: 0037221428     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00224-6     Document Type: Article

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