Absence of heterothermy in the European red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 332-335

  Dausmann, Kathrin H ^a   Wein, Jens ^a   Turner, James M ^a   Glos, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterothermy; Sciurus vulgaris; Seasonality; Thermoregulation; Torpor

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; OBLIGATE BEHAVIOR; RODENT; SAVINGS; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR; WINTER;

SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 84881316949     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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