Djungarian hamsters exhibit temperature-dependent dietary fat choice in long days

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 850-857

  Hiebert, Sara M ^a   Hauser, Kelley ^a   Ebrahim, Abbas J ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HAMSTER; MALE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CRICETINAE; DIET; DIETARY FATS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; PHODOPUS; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2142722208     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378142     Document Type: Article

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