Body temperature and locomotor capacity in a heterothermic rodent

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-46

  Wooden, K Mark ^a   Walsberg, Glenn E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Force production; Heterothermy; Limb cycling frequency; Locomotor capacity; Round tailed ground squirrel; Spermophilus tereticaudus; Sprint speed; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BODY TEMPERATURE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS TERETICAUDUS;

EID: 0346965936     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00717     Document Type: Article

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