Metabolism and thermoregulation in Maximowiczi's voles (Microtus maximowiczii) and Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus campbelli)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 583-587

  Chen, Jing Feng ^a,b   Zhong, Wen Qin ^a   Wang, De Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Body temperature; Djungarian hamster (Phodopus campbelli); Maximowiczi's vole (Microtus maximowiczii); Minimum thermal conductance; Nonshivering thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GRASSLAND; HAMSTER; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SHIVERING; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; VOLE;

CRICETINAE; MICROTUS MAXIMOWICZII; MURIDAE; PHODOPUS CAMPBELLI;

EID: 33750499312     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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