Spontaneous daily torpor and fasting-induced torpor in Djungarian hamsters are characterized by distinct patterns of metabolic rate

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

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 355-366

  Diedrich, Victoria ^a   Kumstel, Simone ^a   Steinlechner, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fasting induced torpor; Metabolic rate; Respiratory quotient; Spontaneous daily torpor

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHODOPUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TORPOR;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASTING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHODOPUS; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TORPOR;

EID: 84925482346     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-014-0882-4     Document Type: Article

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