Geographic variation in energy storage and physiological responses to freezing in the gray treefrogs Hyla versicolor and H. chrysoscelis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2859-2867

  Irwin, Jason T ^a   Lee Jr , Richard E ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryoprotection; Freeze tolerance; Glucose; Glycogen; Gray treefrog; H. chrysoscelis; Hyla versicolor; Liver

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FREEZING; FROGS AND TOADS; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANURA; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EVOLUTION; FREEZING; GEOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE; GLYCEROL; GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; HYLA; HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS; HYLA VERSICOLOR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042427418     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00500     Document Type: Article

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