Adaptations to terrestrial overwintering of hatchling northern map turtles, Graptemys geographica

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 643-651

  Baker, P J ^a   Costanzo, J P ^a   Iverson, J B ^b   Lee Jr , R E ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Dehydration; Freeze tolerance; Inoculative freezing; Supercooling

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; HIBERNATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION; TIME; TURTLE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WATER; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FREEZING; HIBERNATION; ICE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TURTLES;

EID: 0345094962     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-003-0373-5     Document Type: Article

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