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Body temperature patterns and use of torpor in an alpine glirid species woolly dormouse     
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Doç. Dr. Hatice Mutlu GÜR Doç. Dr. Hatice Mutlu GÜR
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Şafak Bulut
Hitit Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Hakan GÜR Prof. Dr. Hakan GÜR
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Roberto Refınettı
Devamını Göster
Özet
Woolly dormice, Dryomys laniger Felten and Storch (Senckenbergiana Biol 49(6):429–435, 1968), are a small (20–30 g), omnivorous (mainly insectivorous), nocturnal glirid species endemic to Turkey. Although woolly dormice have been assumed to hibernate during winter, no information exists on body temperature patterns and use of torpor in the species. In the present study, we aimed to determine body temperature patterns and use of torpor in woolly dormice under controlled laboratory conditions. Accordingly, body temperature (Tb) of woolly dormice was recorded using surgically implanted Thermochron iButtons, small and inexpensive temperature-sensitive data loggers. Woolly dormice exhibited robust, unimodal daily Tb rhythmicity during the euthermic stage before the beginning of hibernation. They displayed short torpor before they began hibernation, although the tendency to enter short torpor …
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Acta Theriologica
Dergi ISSN 0001-7051
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 04-2014
Cilt No 59
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 299 / 309
Doi Numarası 10.1007/s13364-013-0154-9
Makale Linki http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13364-013-0154-9