Non-shivering thermogenesis in common spiny mice Acomys cahirinus from adjacent habitats: Response to seasonal acclimatization and salinity acclimation

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-293

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Energy expenditure; Evolution; Noradrenaline; Resting metabolic rate; Rodents

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HEAT; METABOLIC RATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NONSHIVERING THERMOGENESIS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REST; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ACOMYS; ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; RODENTIA; SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS;

EID: 0037957208     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(03)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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