Seasonal thermogenesis and body mass regulation in plateau pikas (Ochotona curzoniae)

Oecologia

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 373-382

  Wang, Jian Mei ^a,b,c   Zhang, Yan Ming ^a   Wang, De Hua ^b  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Cytochrome c oxidase; Leptin; Nonshivering thermogenesis; Plateau pika (Ochotona curzonia)

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ION CHANNEL; LEPTIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN;

ACCLIMATION; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; FAT RESERVE; LAGOMORPH; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BLOOD; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; FEMALE; LAGOMORPH; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THERMOGENESIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; ION CHANNELS; LAGOMORPHA; LEPTIN; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; SEASONS; THERMOGENESIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ANIMALIA; OCHOTONA CURZONIAE; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 33748049454     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0469-1     Document Type: Article

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