Summer dormancy in edible dormice (Glis glis) without energetic constraints

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 165-171

  Bieber, Claudia ^a   Ruf, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Hibernation; Predation; Pulsed resources; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BIOENERGETICS; BODY CONDITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURROW; DORMANCY; EDIBLE SPECIES; ENERGETICS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; ESTIVATION; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; HIBERNATION; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; RODENT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DORMANCY; DORMOUSE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SUMMER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; ESTIVATION; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MYOXIDAE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; FAGUS; MAMMALIA; MYOXIDAE; MYOXUS GLIS; RAPTORES; RODENTIA;

EID: 57849123076     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0471-z     Document Type: Article

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