Energetic expenditure during vocalization in pups of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys talarum

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 548-551

  Schleich, Cristian Eric ^a   Busch, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

BEGGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RODENT; VOCALIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOMYS TALARUM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIROMETRY; REST; RODENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RODENTIA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

CTENOMYS; CTENOMYS TALARUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 10944251915     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0565-1     Document Type: Article

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