Torpor and energetic consequences in free-ranging grey mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus): A comparison of dry and wet forests

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 609-620

  Schmid, J ^a,b   Speakman, J R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doubly labelled water; Madagascar; Microcebus murinus; Torpor; Water turnover

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY FOREST; ENDOTHERMY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; METABOLISM; PRIMATE; RAINFOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; TORPOR; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; MALE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; NONHUMAN; PROSIMIAN; RAIN FOREST; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CHEIROGALEIDAE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; LETHARGY; TELEMETRY; TREES;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS;

EID: 64549129558     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0515-z     Document Type: Article

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