Body mass is a thermoregulatory adaptation of diurnal rodents to the desert environment

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 168-171

  Haim, A ^a   Alma, A ^a   Neuman, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Body mass; Body temperature daily rhythms; Desert; Diurnal rodents; Foraging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HOUSING; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FORAGING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 32344432170     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2005.11.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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