Adaptive mechanisms during food restriction in Acomys russatus: The use of torpor for desert survival

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

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 193-200

  Ehrhardt, N ^a   Heldmaier, G ^a   Exner, C ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acomys russatus; Desert rodent; Energy suppression; Food restriction; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WEIGHT; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MURIDAE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MURIDAE;

ACOMYS RUSSATUS; ANIMALIA; MUS SAXICOLA; RODENTIA; SPINY;

EID: 17644377943     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0475-3     Document Type: Article

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