Dynamic digestive responses to increased energy demands in the leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis darwini)

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

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Naya, Daniel E ^a   Bacigalupe, Leonardo D ^a   Bustamante, Diego M ^a   Bozinovic, F ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Digestive system; Gastrointestinal tract; Gut morphology; Phenotypic flexibility; Phyllotis darwini

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MURIDAE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MURIDAE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA; PHYLLOTIS; PHYLLOTIS DARWINI;

EID: 12844284159     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-004-0459-8     Document Type: Article

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