Seasonal torpor and normothermic energy metabolism in the Eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-292

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

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acclimatisation; Body temperature; Cold acclimation; Hibernator; Metabolism; Seasonality; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS;

TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 77649298300     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0405-x     Document Type: Article

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