Bioenergetics of torpor in the Microbiotherid marsupial, Monito del Monte (Dromiciops gliroides): The role of temperature and food availability

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

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 767-773

  Nespolo, Roberto F ^a   Verdugo, Claudio ^a   Cortés, Pablo A ^a   Bacigalupe, Leonardo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dromiciops; Energetics; Repeatability; Thermoregulation; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATERING SERVICE; ENERGY METABOLISM; MARSUPIAL; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD SUPPLY; MARSUPIALIA; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; DROMICIOPS; DROMICIOPS GLIROIDES; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 77952497471     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0449-y     Document Type: Article

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