Regulation of heart rate and rumen temperature in red deer: Effects of season and food intake

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 963-970

  Turbill, Christopher ^a   Ruf, Thomas ^a   Mang, Thomas ^a   Arnold, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Energy expenditure; Environmental cues; Heart rate; Metabolic rate; Season; Seasonal acclimatisation; Thermoregulation; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUMINANT STOMACH; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; LINEAR MODELS; RUMEN; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 79951977932     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.052282     Document Type: Article

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