Seasonal thermoregulatory responses in mammals

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

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 231-247

  Lovegrove, Barry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 20044387972     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0477-1     Document Type: Article

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