Metabolic rate, thermoregulation and water balance in Lagidium viscacia inhabiting the arid Andean plateau

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 220-226

  Tirado, Carlos ^a,b   Cortés, Arturo ^a,b   Bozinovic, Francisco ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^c Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity   (Chile)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Evaporative water loss; Lagidium viscacia; Oxygen consumption; South American rodents; Thermoregulation; Water deprivation; Water economy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUID BALANCE; HABITAT; LAGIDIUM VISCACIA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RABBIT; RODENT; THERMOREGULATION; WATER DEPRIVATION;

LAGIDIUM VISCACIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 34247092321     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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