Re-feeding evokes reproductive overcompensation of food-restricted Brandt's voles

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 653-660

  Xie, Xuehui ^a,b   Wen, Yilei ^c   Niu, Hongxing ^c   Shi, Dazhao ^d   Zhang, Zhibin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brandt's vole; Food restriction; Lasiopodomys brandtii; Overcompensation; Re feeding; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFEEDING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; VOLE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CORTICOSTERONE; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80155125062     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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