Effect of low-quality diet on torpor frequency and depth in the pichi Zaedyus pichiy (Xenarthra, Dasypodidae), a South American armadillo

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 280-285

  Superina, Mariella ^a   Jahn, Graciela A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b Laboratorio de Reproduccion y Lactancia Mendoza   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cingulata; Food quality; Hypometabolism; Thermoregulation; Torpor; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HETEROTHERMY INDEX; HIBERNATION; LOW QUALITY DIET; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RATING SCALE; TORPOR; ZAEDYUS PICHIY;

ARMADILLO; CINGULATA; DASYPODIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; XENARTHRA; ZAEDYUS PICHIY;

EID: 84877082333     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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