Metabolic rate and prehibernation fattening in free-living arctic ground squirrels

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 515-527

  Sheriff, Michael J ^a   Fridinger, Robert W ^b   Tøien, Øivind ^c   Barnes, Brian M ^c   Buck, C Loren ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; FAT; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HIBERNATION; MALE; METABOLISM; PROTEIN; RODENT; SEASON; WEIGHT;

ARCTIC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84883467919     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673092     Document Type: Article

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