Fasting in the American marten (Martes americana): A physiological model of the adaptations of a lean-bodied animal

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

Volumn 177, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 787-795

  Nieminen, Petteri ^a   Rouvinen Watt, Kirsti ^b   Saarela, Seppo ^c   Mustonen, Anne Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate metabolism; Endocrinology; Fasting; Lipid metabolism; Martes americana

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FASTING; FEMALE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSTELIDAE;

ANIMALIA; MARTES AMERICANA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 34548763198     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0175-2     Document Type: Article

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