Thermoregulatory changes anticipate hibernation onset by 45 days: Data from free-living arctic ground squirrels

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 841-847

  Sheriff, Michael J ^a   Williams, Cory T ^b   Kenagy, G J ^c   Buck, C Loren ^d   Barnes, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Test drops; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; HIBERNATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HIBERNATION; SCIURIDAE;

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII;

EID: 84870262462     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0661-z     Document Type: Article

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