Seasonal adjustments in body mass and thermogenesis in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus): The roles of short photoperiod and cold

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

Volumn 175, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 593-600

  Li, Xing Sheng ^a,b   Wang, De Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate (BMR); Body mass; Energy intake; Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus); Nonshivering thermogenesis (NST)

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; COLD; DIGESTION; GERBIL; HISTOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THERMOGENESIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY WEIGHT; COLD; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; GERBILLINAE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MAMMALIA; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 27944500567     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0022-2     Document Type: Article

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