Adaptive thermoregulation in golden spiny mice: The influence of season and food availability on body temperature

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-184

  Levy, Ofir ^a   Dayan, Tamar ^a   Kronfeld Schor, Noga ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; THERMOREGULATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; MURINAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD; MURINAE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ACOMYS; ACOMYS RUSSATUS; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79952128830     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658171     Document Type: Article

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