Seasonal changes in thermoregulatory responses to hypoxia in the Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1801-1810

  Levesque, Danielle L ^a   Tattersall, Glenn J ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioural thermoregulation; Body temperature; Heterothermy; Hibernator; Hypoxia tolerance; Resting oxygen consumption; Thermal conductance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 66749137517     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.027094     Document Type: Article

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