Torpor as an emergency solution in Galago moholi: Heterothermy is triggered by different constraints

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

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 547-556

  Nowack, Julia ^a   Mzilikazi, Nomakwezi ^b   Dausmann, Kathrin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Galago moholi; Heating rates; Heterothermy; Primate; Torpor pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876429176     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0725-0     Document Type: Article

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