Seasonal body temperature fluctuations and energetic strategies in free-ranging eastern woodchucks (Marmota monax)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 299-310

  Zervanos, Stam M ^a   Salsbury, Carmen M ^b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBRIGHT COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Energetics; Estivation; Hibernation; Marmota monax; Torpor; Woodchucks

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ESTIVATION; HIBERNATION; RODENT; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR;

MARMOTA MONAX; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037328694     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0299:SBTFAE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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