Interspecific competition and torpor in golden spiny mice: Two sides of the energy-acquisition coin

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 441-448

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

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DESERT CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ISRAEL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MURINAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SYMPATRY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DESERT CLIMATE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; ISRAEL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MURINAE; SEASONS; SYMPATRY;

ACOMYS; ACOMYS RUSSATUS; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS SAXICOLA; RODENTIA;

EID: 80051778051     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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