Physiological and morphological responses to simultaneous cold exposure and parasite infection by wild-derived house mice

Functional Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 464-471

  Kristan, Deborah M ^a,b   Hammond, Kimberly A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Glucose transport; Intestinal parasites; Organ masses; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; PARASITISM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RODENT; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0042352399     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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