Physiological adaptations to fasting in an actively wintering canid, the arctic blue fox (Alopex lagopus)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305 A, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-46

  Mustonen, Anne Mari ^a   Pyykönen, Teija ^a   Puukka, Matti ^b   Asikainen, Juha ^a   Hänninen, Sari ^a   Mononen, Jaakko ^a   Nieminen, Petteri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; PLEBEJUS AQUILO; VULPES LAGOPUS;

LIPID;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOX; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; FASTING; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOXES; LIPIDS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SEASONS;

EID: 33644835023     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.241     Document Type: Article

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