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Thermogenic Responses to Prolonged Cold Exposure: Birds and Mammals

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Cold Acclimation/Acclimatization in Birds
1.1 Metabolic Adjustments
1.2 Shivering Thermogenesis
1.3 Nonshivering Thermogenesis
1.4 Utilization of Energy Sources
2 Cold Acclimation/Acclimatization in Mammals: Monotremes and Marsupials
2.1 Metabolic Rate and Body Temperature
2.2 Cold Acclimation and Seasonal Acclimatization in Marsupials
2.3 Nonshivering Thermogenesis
3 Cold Acclimation/Acclimatization in Placental Mammals
3.1 Metabolic Adjustments
3.2 Shivering Thermogenesis
3.3 Nonshivering Thermogenesis
4 Summary
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Jane C. Roberts. Thermogenic Responses to Prolonged Cold Exposure: Birds and Mammals. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 14: Handbook of Physiology, Environmental Physiology: 399-418. First published in print 1996. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp040118