To use or not to use torpor? Activity and body temperature as predictors

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 483-487

  Christian, Nereda ^a   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity; Body temperature; Marsupial; Sugar glider; Torpor; Weather

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BODY TEMPERATURE; FOOD LIMITATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARSUPIAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TORPOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PETAURUS BREVICEPS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; MARSUPIALIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW SOUTH WALES; SEASONS;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PETAURUS BREVICEPS;

EID: 34248382442     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0215-5     Document Type: Article

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