Effects of cold stress on immune function in the grey-sided vole, Clethrionomys rufocanus

Mammal Study

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-18

  Kusumoto, Kaori ^a   Saitoh, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy demand; IgM; Immune function; Population decrease; Winter ecology

Indexed keywords

CLETHRIONOMYS RUFOCANUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 43949146676     PISSN: 13434152     EISSN: 13486160     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3106/1348-6160(2008)33[11:EOCSOI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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