Behavioral strategies of the African ice rat Otomys sloggetti robertsi in the cold

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 567-574

  Schwaibold, Ute ^a   Pillay, Neville ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alpine; Behavior patterns; Behavioral sequences; Ice rat; Seasonality; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; COLD TOLERANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FORAGING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER;

EID: 33746217166     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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