Thermal environment affects morphological and behavioral development of Rattus norvegicus

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-35

  Villarreal, Jill A ^a   Schlegel, Whitney M ^a   Prange, Henry D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Behavior; Chronic; Development; Environment; Morphology; Neonate; Norway rat; Shuttle box; Temperature; Thermal; Thermal preference

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

EID: 34247209016     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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