Developmental phenotypic plasticity in a marsupial

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1552-1558

  Riek, Alexander ^a,b   Geiser, Fritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body measurement; Climate change; Marsupial; Metabolic rate; Rearing temperature; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; COLD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEAD; HIBERNATION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEAD; HIBERNATION; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860136379     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.069559     Document Type: Article

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