Thermal acclimation of metabolic rate may be seasonally dependent in the subtropical anuran latouche's frog (Rana latouchii, Boulenger)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 947-955

  Chang, Yuan Mou ^a   Hou, Ping Chun Lucy ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; FROG; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANIDAE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA LATOUCHII;

EID: 27744519452     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432924     Document Type: Article

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