Sex differences in torpor patterns during natural hibernation in golden-mantled ground squirrels (Callospermophilus lateralis)

• Published in: Journal of mammalogy Vol. 93; no. 3; pp. 751 - 758
• Main Authors: Healy, Jessica E., Burdett, Kendra A., Buck, C. Loren, Florant, Gregory L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 American Society of Mammalogists 28.06.2012; Allen Press Publishing Services; Allen Press; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Animal behavior; Animal physiology; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Body temperature; Callospermophilus lateralis; Environmental conditions; FEATURE ARTICLES; Female animals; Females; Food; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gender differences; Ground squirrels; Hibernation; Identification systems; Male animals; Mammalia; Mammalogy; natural hibernation patterns; Phenology; Rodents; sex differences; timing; Torpor; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Young animals; United States > US; California; natural hibernation patterns; Vertebrata; Callospermophilus lateralis; Mammalia; Spermophilus lateralis; Hibernation; Body temperature; Rodentia; Sexual dimorphism; Timing; sex differences

Golden-mantled ground squirrels (Callospermophilus lateralis) have been subjects of laboratory investigations of hibernation for many years. As such, patterns of torpor for this species have been well characterized under laboratory conditions but not during natural hibernation. The purpose of this s...