Trade-offs between activity and thermoregulation in a small carnivore, the least weasel Mustela nivalis

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1663, 2009, Pages 1921-1927

  Zub, K ^a   Szafranska P A ^a   Konarzewski, M ^a,b   Redman, P ^c   Speakman, J R ^c  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity time; Ambient temperature; Daily energy expenditure; Doubly labelled water; Metabolic niche; Weasel

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CARNIVORE; METABOLISM; MUSTELID; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION; TIME ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HABITAT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELIDAE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION;

MAMMALIA; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELINAE;

EID: 66149190826     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1936     Document Type: Article

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