The heat increment of feeding and its thermoregulatory implications in the short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1445-1453

  Hindle, Allyson G ^a   McIntyre, Ian W ^a   Campbell, Kevin L ^a   MacArthur, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; METABOLISM; NICKEL ALLOYS; OXYGEN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HEAT INCREMENT;

BIODIVERSITY;

BODY TEMPERATURE; INSECTIVORE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BLARINA; BLARINA BREVICAUDA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0345149209     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-137     Document Type: Article

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