Field evidence for a proximate role of food shortage in the regulation of hibernation and daily torpor: A review

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 683-697

  Vuarin, Pauline ^a   Henry, Pierre Yves ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Field experiments; Food availability; Food shortage; Heterothermy; Hibernation; Torpor

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD QUALITY; HIBERNATION; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TORPOR;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY WEIGHT; DRINKING WATER; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD QUALITY; HIBERNATION; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TORPOR;

EID: 84905039788     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-014-0833-0     Document Type: Review

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