The role of energy availability in mammalian hibernation: An experimental test in free-ranging eastern chipmunks

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 180-186

  Humphries, Murray M ^a,b,c   Kramer, Donald L ^a   Thomas, Donald W ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOENERGETICS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HIBERNATION; RODENT; TORPOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HIBERNATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HIBERNATION; SCIURIDAE; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; TAMIAS; TAMIAS STRIATUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS'; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037590606     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/367949     Document Type: Article

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