Hibernation in the tropics: Lessons from a primate

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

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 147-155

  Dausmann, Kathrin H ^a   Glos, Julian ^b   Ganzhorn, Jörg U ^c   Heldmaier, Gerhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Cheirogaleus medius; Hibernation; Periodic arousals; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; HIBERNATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHEIROGALEIDAE; HIBERNATION; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CHEIROGALEUS MEDIUS; LEMURIDAE; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 17644362342     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-004-0470-0     Document Type: Article

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