Latitudinal differences in the hibernation characteristics of woodchucks (Marmota monax)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 135-141

  Zervanos, Stam M ^a   Maher, Christine R ^b   Waldvogel, Jerry A ^c   Florant, Gregory L ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HIBERNATION; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RODENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TORPOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; LINEAR MODELS; MAINE; MALE; MARMOTA; PENNSYLVANIA; SOUTH CAROLINA;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA MONAX; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 74949123449     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648736     Document Type: Article

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