Flexible patterns in energy savings: Heterothermy in primates

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 292, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 101-111

  Dausmann, K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cheirogaleidae; Galagonidae; Heterothermy; Hibernation; Primates; Torpor

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HABITAT; HIBERNATION; PRIMATE; SEASONALITY; TORPOR;

EID: 84892847154     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12104     Document Type: Article

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