Daily rhythms of body temperature and heat production of sibling mastomys species from different ecosystems - The response to photoperiod manipulations

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 505-510

  Haim, Abraham ^a   Zubidat, Abed Elsalam ^a   van Aarde, Rudi J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Body temperature; Chronobiology; Daily rhythm; Oxygen consumption; Physiological adaptations; Sibling species; Speciation environmental challenges

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; METABOLIC RATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SIBLING; THERMOGENESIS;

MASTOMYS;

EID: 54849415892     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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