Daily hypothermia in captive grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus): Effects of photoperiod and food restriction

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-81

  Genin F ^a   Perret, M ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

Author keywords

Daily hypothermia; Daily torpor; Food restriction; Grey mouse lemur; Locomotor activity; Photoperiod; Primate; Seasonal fattening

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXPOSURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TIME;

ANIMALIA; LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 0042071589     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00172-6     Document Type: Article

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