Physiological ecology of cheirogaleid primates: Variation in hibernation and torpor

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-21

  Schülke, Oliver ^a,b   Ostner, Julia ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Cheirogaleidae; Hibernation; Seasonality; Torpor

Indexed keywords

CHEIROGALEIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROCEBUS; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 34248155215     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-006-0023-5     Document Type: Review

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