Preparing for hibernation in ground squirrels: Adrenal androgen production in summer linked to environmental severity in winter

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1348-1359

  Boonstra, Rudy ^a   Bradley, Adrian J ^b   Delehanty, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenal androgens; Anabolic steroids; Arctic climate; Hibernation; Muscle anabolism and catabolism; Seasonal reproductive status

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CATABOLISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GLUCOSE; HIBERNATION; MUSCLE; OVERWINTERING; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RODENT; STEROID; SUMMER; WINTER;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

MAMMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS COLUMBIANUS; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII;

EID: 84860389377     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01890.x     Document Type: Article

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