Seasonal energetics of the Hottentot golden mole at 1500 m altitude

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 739-745

  Scantlebury, M ^a   Oosthuizen, M K ^a   Speakman, J R ^b,c   Jackson, C R ^a   Bennett, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afrotheria; Amblysomus; Doubly labelled water; Ecophysiology; Energetics; Resting metabolic rate; Seasonality; Water turnover

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER;

EID: 18844429715     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2005.02.022     Document Type: Article

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