Maintenance of biological rhythms during hibernation in Eastern woodchucks (Marmota monax)

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

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-418

  Zervanos, Stam M ^a   Salsbury, Carmen M ^b   Brown, June K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Hibernation; Marmota monax; Periodicity; Torpor; Woodchuck

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; MARMOTA; PENNSYLVANIA; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

MARMOTA MONAX; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 65249088383     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0327-z     Document Type: Article

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