Individual flexibility in energy saving: Body size and condition constrain torpor use

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 793-799

  Vuarin, Pauline ^a   Dammhahn, Melanie ^b   Henry, Pierre Yves ^a  

^a UMR 7179 CNRS/MNHN   (France)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Body constitution; Energy availability; Heterothermy; Individual reaction norm; Microcebus murinus; Phenotypic flexibility

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE; RESOURCE USE; TORPOR;

LEMUR; LEMURIDAE; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84878169464     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12069     Document Type: Article

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