A test of alternative models for increased tissue nitrogen isotope ratios during fasting in hibernating arctic ground squirrels

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 3354-3361

  Lee, Trixie N ^a   Buck, C Loren ^b   Barnes, Brian M ^a   O'Brien, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anabolic model; Arctic ground squirrel; Fasting; Hibernation; Stable nitrogen isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DIET RESTRICTION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCIURIDAE; URINE;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON ISOTOPES; ERYTHROCYTES; FASTING; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALIA; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII;

EID: 84866235329     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.068528     Document Type: Article

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