Energetic costs and thermoregulation in northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) pups: The importance of behavioral strategies for thermal balance in furred marine mammals

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 898-910

  Liwanag, Heather E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; CRYPSIS; DATA SET; GROOMING; HEAT BALANCE; PINNIPED; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; WEANING;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROOMING; LIMB; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXTREMITIES; FUR SEALS; GROOMING; MALE; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

CALLORHINUS; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649553338     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656426     Document Type: Article

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