Thermoregulatory development in pups of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 321-330

  Cutrera, Ana Paula ^a,b   Antinuchi, C Daniel ^a   Busch, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Ctenomys talarum; Huddling; Pups; RMR; Thermoregulatory development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CTENOMYS TALARUM; DEVELOPMENT; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; THERMOREGULATION;

CTENOMYS TALARUM;

EID: 0038433259     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(03)00116-1     Document Type: Article

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