Overwintering strategy of wild free-ranging and enclosure-housed Japanese raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides albus)

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-165

  Kitao, Naoya ^a   Fukui, Daisuke ^b   Hashimoto, Masaaki ^a   Osborne, Peter G ^a,c  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Wildlife Conservation Center   (Japan)

^c Baongong Agri Science Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autumnal fattening; Body temperature; Communal housing; Nyctereutes procyonoides; Winter denning

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; JAPAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RACCOON DOG; SEASON; WILD ANIMAL;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; JAPAN; MALE; RACCOON DOGS; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES;

EID: 60449089100     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-008-0199-7     Document Type: Article

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