Thermogenic capacity at subzero temperatures: How low can a hibernator go?

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 81-89

  Richter, M M ^a,b   Williams, C T ^a   Lee, T N ^c   Toien O ^b   Florant, G L ^d   Barnes, B M ^b   Buck, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c HARDING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY TEMPERATURE; HIBERNATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TORPOR;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SPERMOPHILUS LATERALIS; SPERMOPHILUS PARRYII;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; COLD; HIBERNATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; HIBERNATION; SCIURIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84921270086     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/679591     Document Type: Article

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