Limits to sustained energy intake. XIX. A test of the heat dissipation limitation hypothesis in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3358-3368

  Yang, Deng Bao ^a,b   Li, Li ^c   Wang, Lu Ping ^c   Chi, Qing Sheng ^a   Hambly, Catherine ^d   Wang, De Hua ^a   Speakman, John R ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daily energy expenditure; Doubly labelled water; Lactation; Metabolizable energy intake; Milk energy output; Milk production; Peripheral limitation hypothesis; Prolactin; Thermal conductance

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DAILY ENERGY EXPENDITURE; DOUBLY LABELLED WATER; EATING; FEMALE; GERBIL; LACTATION; METABOLIZABLE ENERGY INTAKE; MILK ENERGY OUTPUT; MILK PRODUCTION; PERIPHERAL LIMITATION HYPOTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION;

DAILY ENERGY EXPENDITURE; DOUBLY LABELLED WATER; LACTATION; METABOLIZABLE ENERGY INTAKE; MILK ENERGY OUTPUT; MILK PRODUCTION; PERIPHERAL LIMITATION HYPOTHESIS; PROLACTIN; THERMAL CONDUCTANCE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; LACTATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84878527772     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.085233     Document Type: Article

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