Do red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) use daily torpor during winter?

Ecoscience

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-132

  Brigham, R Mark ^a   Geiser, Fritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

energetics; heterothermy; red squirrels; temperature dataloggers; torpor

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; COLD REGION; RODENT; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR; WINTER;

CANADA; CYPRESS HILLS; SASKATCHEWAN;

ANIMALIA; CUPRESSUS; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS; TAMIASCIURUS HUDSONICUS;

EID: 84865735467     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/19-2-3464     Document Type: Article

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