Thermal biology, torpor and behaviour in sugar gliders: A laboratory-field comparison

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 177, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 495-501

  Geiser, Fritz ^a   Holloway, Joanne C ^a,b   Körtner, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Body mass; Body temperature; Daily torpor; Weather

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MARSUPIAL; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP STAGE; THERMOREGULATION; TIME; WEATHER; WILD ANIMAL;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MARSUPIALIA; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; METATHERIA; PETAURUS BREVICEPS;

EID: 34249878991     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0147-6     Document Type: Article

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