Stress-induced rise in body temperature is repeatable in free-ranging Eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 403-414

  Careau, Vincent ^a,e   Réale, Denis ^b   Garant, Dany ^a   Speakman, John R ^c   Humphries, Murray M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Daily energy expenditure; Emotional fever; Heat dissipation; Repeatability; Stress induced hyperthermia; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCIURIDAE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; HANDLING (PSYCHOLOGY); QUEBEC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCIURIDAE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; TAMIAS STRIATUS;

EID: 84857853000     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0628-5     Document Type: Article

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