Mammal survival at the Cretaceous– Palaeogene boundary: Metabolic homeostasis in prolonged tropical hibernation in tenrecs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1796, 2014, Pages

  Lovegrove, Barry G ^a   Lobban, Kerileigh D ^a   Levesque, Danielle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cretaceous ; Ecaudatus; Hibernation; Madagascar; Mammals; Palaeogene boundary; Tenrec

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; EXTINCTION; HIBERNATION; HOMEOSTASIS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PALEOGENE; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; THRESHOLD;

MADAGASCAR;

MAMMALIA; TENREC; TENRECIDAE;

EID: 84908133600     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1304     Document Type: Article

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