Underground hibernation in a primate

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Blanco, Marina B ^a,b   Dausmann, Kathrin H ^b   Ranaivoarisoa, Jean F ^c   Yoder, Anne D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHEIROGALEIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; HIBERNATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TROPIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHEIROGALEIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; HIBERNATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84878636224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01768     Document Type: Article

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