Seasonal adaptation of dwarf hamsters (Genus Phodopus): differences between species and their geographic origin

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

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 917-930

  Muller D ^a   Hauer, J ^a   Schottner K ^a,b   Fritzsche, P ^a   Weinert, D ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Body mass; Body temperature; Critical photoperiod; Dwarf hamsters; Fur coloration; Motor activity; Non responder; Photoperiodism; Testes size

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HAMSTER; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PERIODICITY; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; THERMOREGULATION; TIME FACTOR;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CRICETINAE; ECOSYSTEM; HAIR; HAIR COLOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84946481221     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0926-4     Document Type: Article

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