Social thermoregulation and torpor in the Siberian hamster

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1100-1108

  Jefimow, Malgorzata ^a   Gła̧bska, Marta ^a   Wojciechowski, Michał S ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Body mass; Body temperature; Daily torpor; Metabolic rate; Siberian hamster; Social thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HIBERNATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHODOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CRICETINAE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHODOPUS; SEASONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; PHODOPUS; PHODOPUS SUNGORUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79955034723     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.050823     Document Type: Article

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