Hypometabolism and basking: The strategies of Alpine ibex to endure harsh over-wintering conditions

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 537-547

  Signer, Claudio ^a,b   Ruf, Thomas ^a   Arnold, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Hunting and Fishing Services of the Canton of Grisons   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Core body temperature; Heart rate; Locomotor activity; Metabolic rate; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOTELEMETRY; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; GOAT; HEAT PRODUCTION; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; OVERWINTERING; RANGE EXPANSION; SEASONALITY; SNOW; SURVIVAL; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WILD POPULATION;

ALPS;

CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA IBEX IBEX; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 79951998426     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01806.x     Document Type: Article

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