Effects of cold acclimation on shivering intensity in the kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei), a dasyurid marsupial

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 477-487

  May, Elizabeth L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Body temperature; Dasyuroides; Kowari; Marsupial; Metabolic rate; Nonshivering; Shivering; Thermogenesis; Tremor

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MARSUPIAL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SHIVERING; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THERMOGENESIS;

DASYUROIDES; DASYUROIDES BYRNEI; EUTHERIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0141682225     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(03)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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