Radiant heat affects thermoregulation and energy expenditure during rewarming from torpor

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

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-60

  Geiser, F ^a   Drury, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Marsupial mammal; Sminthopsis macroura; Thermoenergetics; Torpor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037534434     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-002-0311-y     Document Type: Article

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