Hibernation and non-shivering thermogenesis in the Hottentot golden mole (Amblysomus hottentottus longiceps)

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

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 887-897

  Scantlebury, M ^a,b   Lovegrove, B G ^c   Jackson, C R ^a   Bennett, N C ^a   Lutermann, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Afrotheria; Hibernation; Phylogenetically independent contrast; Resting metabolic rate; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; HIBERNATION; MOLE (INSECTIVORA); PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; HIBERNATION; MOLES; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; THERMOGENESIS;

AFROTHERIA; AMBLYSOMUS; AMBLYSOMUS HOTTENTOTUS; ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; INSECTIVORA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 49349118094     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0277-5     Document Type: Article

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