The influence of reproductive hormones on the torpor patterns of the marsupial Sminthopsis macroura: Bet-hedging in an unpredictable environment

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-276

  McAllan, B M ^a,b   Feay, N ^b,c   Bradley, A J ^d   Geiser, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marsupial; Metabolic rate; Photoperiod; Progesterone; Testosterone; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FLUTAMIDE; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REST; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMINTHOPSIS MACROURA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAIL; TORPOR; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRUS; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RESPIROMETRY; RESTING METABOLIC RATE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MIFEPRISTONE; PHOTOPERIOD; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84866527948     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.08.024     Document Type: Article

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