Thermoregulation and energetics in hibernating black bears: Metabolic rate and the mystery of multi-day body temperature cycles

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

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 447-461

  Tøien, Øivind ^a   Blake, John ^a   Barnes, Brian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bears; Hibernation; Metabolic rate; Shivering; Thermoregulation; Total body thermal conductance

Indexed keywords

URSUS AMERICANUS;

ANIMAL; BEAR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HIBERNATION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHIVERING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HIBERNATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; SHIVERING; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIME FACTORS; URSIDAE;

EID: 84938368247     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0891-y     Document Type: Article

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