The physiology of hibernation in Canadian leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) and bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-73

  Stewart, E Ray ^a   Reese, Scott A ^a,b   Ultsch, Gordon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANOXIA; FROG; HIBERNATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FROG; HIBERNATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HIBERNATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MANITOBA; OXYGEN; QUEBEC; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA PIPIENS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA PIPIENS; RANIDAE; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942486376     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378921     Document Type: Article

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