Daily torpor in mice: High foraging costs trigger energy-saving hypothermia

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 132-135

  Schubert, Kristin A ^a   Boerema, Ate S ^a   Vaanholt, Lobke M ^a,b   De Boer, Sietse F ^a   Strijkstraand, Arjen M ^a,c   Daan, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Environmental quality; Foraging costs; Hypothermia

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HIBERNATION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; RODENT; STARVATION; TORPOR;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77449107839     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0569     Document Type: Article

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