Peak energy turnover in lactating European hares: A test of the heat dissipation limitation hypothesis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2832-2839

  Valencak, T G ^a   Hacklander K ^b   Ruf, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Heat dissipation limit; Lactation; Lepus europaeus; Maternal investment; Metabolisable energy intake; Milk production; Reproduction; Sustained metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALORIC INTAKE; COLD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HARE; HEAT; LACTATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HARES; HOT TEMPERATURE; LACTATION; MALE; MILK;

LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77955652053     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.040238     Document Type: Article

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