Fasting triggers hypothermia, and ambient temperature modulates its depth in Japanese quail Coturnix japonica

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-91

  Ben Hamo, Miriam ^a   Pinshow, Berry ^a   McCue, Marshall D ^a   McWilliams, Scott R ^b   Bauchinger, Ulf ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Aves; Body mass; Body temperature; Energetics; Homeothermy; Metabolic rate; Temperature regulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; THERMOREGULATION;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 77549088149     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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