Basking hamsters reduce resting metabolism, body temperature and energy costs during rewarming from torpor

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 14, 2016, Pages 2166-2172

  Geiser, Fritz ^a,b   Gasch, Kristina ^a   Bieber, Claudia ^a   Stalder, Gabrielle L ^a   Gerritsmann, Hanno ^a   Ruf, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy conservation; Passive warming; Phodopus; Radiant heat; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HAMSTER; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; TIME FACTOR; TORPOR; WARMING;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CRICETINAE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; REST; REWARMING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIME FACTORS; TORPOR;

EID: 84982078080     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.137828     Document Type: Article

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