Seasonal changes and wind dependence of thermal conductance in dorsal fur from two small mammal species (Peromyscus leucopus and Microtus pennsylvanicus)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 383-387

  Boyles, Justin G ^a   Bakken, George S ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat loss; Insulation; Meadow voles; Pelage; Rodentia; Thermoregulation; White footed mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEROMYSCUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; VOLE; WIND; WINTER;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 35448967976     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.04.007     Document Type: Article

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