Meeting Abstract 98-8 Sunday, Jan. 6 15:15 – 15:30 Divergent selection for basal metabolic rate in laboratory mice affected the amount of UCP1 protein BRZEK, P*; SELEWESTRUK, P; NEDERGAARD, J; KONARZEWSKI, M; Univ. of Bialystok, Poland; Univ. of Bialystok, Poland; Stockholm Univ., Sweden; Univ. of Bialystok, Poland brzek@uwb.edu.pl Basal metabolic rate (BMR) quantifies the cost of body […]
sessions: Session 98
Bats Are Not Squirrels Revisiting the Cost of Cooling in Hibernating Mammals
Meeting Abstract 98-1 Sunday, Jan. 6 13:30 – 13:45 Bats Are Not Squirrels: Revisiting the Cost of Cooling in Hibernating Mammals HAASE, CG*; FULLER, NW; HAYMAN, DTS; HRANAC, CR; OLSON, SH; PLOWRIGHT, RK; MCGUIRE, LP; Montana State University; Texas Tech University; Massey University; Massey University; Wildlife Conservation Society; Montana State University; Texas Tech University cghaase@gmail.com Many species […]
Ablation of rostral conchae does not affect heat exchange in the upper respiratory tract of the domestic chicken
Meeting Abstract 98-5 Sunday, Jan. 6 14:30 – 14:45 Ablation of rostral conchae does not affect heat exchange in the upper respiratory tract of the domestic chicken POFF, M*; OWERKOWICZ, T; California State University, San Bernardino poff.ma@gmail.com Respiratory turbinates in the nasal cavities of endothermic vertebrates are known to play an important role in heat conservation and […]
