Effect of body mass on hibernation strategies of woodchucks (marmota monax)

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 443-451

  Zervanos, Stam M ^a   Maher, Christine R ^b   Florant, Gregory L ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; HIBERNATION; MARMOTA; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; HIBERNATION; MARMOTA; PENNSYLVANIA;

EID: 84896996135     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ict100     Document Type: Article

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