Hibernation and daily torpor in an armadillo, the pichi (Zaedyus pichiy)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 893-898

  Superina, Mariella ^a   Boily, Patrice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cingulata; Dasypodidae; Thermoregulation; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HIBERNATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER;

ARMADILLO; AVES; CINGULATA; DASYPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; XENARTHRA; ZAEDYUS PICHIY;

EID: 36049024472     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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