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Analysis of problematic time series with the Lomb-Scargle Method, a reply to 'emphasizing difficulties in the detection of rhythms with Lomb-Scargle periodograms'

scientific article published on 01 July 2001

Are tropical small mammals physiologically vulnerable to Arrhenius effects and climate change?

scientific article

Associations between Resting, Activity, and Daily Metabolic Rate in Free-Living Endotherms: No Universal Rule in Birds and Mammals

scientific article published on 14 April 2016

Atypical for northern ungulates, energy metabolism is lowest during summer in female wild boars (Sus scrofa)

scientific article published in 2021

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

scientific article published on 9 May 2016

Body temperature and metabolic rate during natural hypothermia in endotherms

scientific article published on 01 January 1992

Chronic stress in pregnant guinea pigs (Cavia aperea f. porcellus) attenuates long-term stress hormone levels and body weight gain, but not reproductive output.

scientific article published on 7 June 2011

Circadian rhythmicity persists through the Polar night and midnight sun in Svalbard reindeer

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Cold exposure and food restriction facilitate physiological responses to short photoperiod in Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

scientific article published on 01 October 1993

Cold prevents the light induced inactivation of pineal N-acetyltransferase in the Djungarian hamster, Phodopus sungorus

scientific article published on 01 May 1991

Computerized body temperature telemetry in small animals: use of simple equipment and advanced noise suppression

scientific article published on 01 January 1987

Daily and Seasonal Rhythms in Human Mucosa Phospholipid Fatty Acid Composition.

scientific article published on 4 June 2015

Daily torpor and hibernation in birds and mammals

scientific article

Daily torpor is associated with telomere length change over winter in Djungarian hamsters ⬇️

scientific article published on September 14, 2011

Diet-independent remodeling of cellular membranes precedes seasonally changing body temperature in a hibernator

scientific article (publication date: 13 April 2011)

Dietary Lipids Affect the Onset of Hibernation in the Garden Dormouse (Eliomys quercinus): Implications for Cardiac Function

scientific article published on 18 September 2018

Differences in growth rates and pre-hibernation body mass gain between early and late-born juvenile garden dormice.

scientific article published on August 2016

Ecophysiology of omega Fatty acids: a lid for every jar

scientific article

Edible dormice (Glis glis) avoid areas with a high density of their preferred food plant - the European beech

scientific article

Effect of Selection for High Activity-Related Metabolism on Membrane Phospholipid Fatty Acid Composition in Bank Voles

scientific article

Effects of aging on timing of hibernation and reproduction

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Effects of food store quality on hibernation performance in common hamsters

scientific article published on 18 October 2017

Effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids on hibernation and torpor: a review and hypothesis.

scientific article published on 02 January 2008

Effects of prenatal stress on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function over two generations of guinea pigs (Cavia aperea f. porcellus).

scientific article published on 19 December 2011

Effects of season and reproductive state on lipid intake and fatty acid composition of gastrointestinal tract contents in the European hare.

scientific article

Energy or information? The role of seed availability for reproductive decisions in edible dormice

scientific article

Energy turnover in European hares is centrally limited during early, but not during peak lactation

scientific article

Environmental cadmium induces histopathological changes in kidneys of roe deer

scientific article published on 01 September 2002

Estrous synchrony in a group of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) under human care.

scientific article

Feeding into old age: long-term effects of dietary fatty acid supplementation on tissue composition and life span in mice

scientific article (publication date: February 2011)

Flexibility, variability and constraint in energy management patterns across vertebrate taxa revealed by long‐term heart rate measurements

scientific article published in 2019

Healthy n-6/n-3 fatty acid composition from five European game meat species remains after cooking

scientific article published on 27 June 2015

Hibernation in the pygmy slow loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus): multiday torpor in primates is not restricted to Madagascar

scientific article

Hibernation is associated with increased survival and the evolution of slow life histories among mammals.

scientific article published on 30 March 2011

High content of polyunsaturated fatty acids in muscle phospholipids of a fast runner, the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus).

scientific article published on 9 September 2003

High survival during hibernation affects onset and timing of reproduction.

scientific article

High survival in poor years: life history tactics adapted to mast seeding in the edible dormouse.

scientific article published in February 2006

How to spend the summer? Free-living dormice (Glis glis) can hibernate for 11 months in non-reproductive years.

scientific article

Implications of being born late in the active season for growth, fattening, torpor use, winter survival and fecundity

scientific article published on 20 February 2018

Late-born intermittently fasted juvenile garden dormice use torpor to grow and fatten prior to hibernation: consequences for ageing processes.

scientific article published in December 2014

Maximum rates of sustained metabolic rate in cold-exposed Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus): the second wind.

scientific article published on 11 May 2010

Membrane phospholipid fatty acid composition regulates cardiac SERCA activity in a hibernator, the Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus).

scientific article

Metabolism and temperature regulation during daily torpor in the smallest primate, the pygmy mouse lemur (Microcebus myoxinus) in Madagascar.

scientific article published on February 2000

Muscle Non-shivering Thermogenesis and Its Role in the Evolution of Endothermy.

scientific article published on 9 November 2017

Muscle nonshivering thermogenesis in a feral mammal

scientific article published on 23 April 2019

Novel treatment strategies for chronic kidney disease: insights from the animal kingdom.

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

Peak energy turnover in lactating European hares: a test of the heat dissipation limitation hypothesis

scientific article

Phenotypic variation in seasonal adjustments of testis size, body weight, and food intake in deer mice: role of pineal function and ambient temperature.

scientific article published in April 1997

Phospholipid composition and longevity: lessons from Ames dwarf mice

scientific article published on 03 May 2013

Postnatal development and thermoregulation in the precocial European hare (Lepus europaeus)

scientific article published on 01 February 2002

Reduced locomotor activity following daily torpor in the Djungarian hamster: recovery from hypothermia?

scientific article

Role of gonadal steroids and inhibitory photoperiod in regulating body weight and food intake in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus).

scientific article published in September 1994

Seasonal adjustment of energy budget in a large wild mammal, the Przewalski horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) I. Energy intake

scientific article published in November 2006

Seasonal adjustment of energy budget in a large wild mammal, the Przewalski horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) II. Energy expenditure

scientific article published in November 2006

Seasonal changes in energy expenditure, body temperature and activity patterns in llamas (Lama glama).

scientific article published on 8 August 2017

Seasonal changes in morphology and function of the gastrointestinal tract of free-living alpine marmots ( Marmota marmota)

scientific article published on 23 January 2002

Seasonal reproductive tactics: annual timing and the capital-to-income breeder continuum.

scientific article published in November 2017

Seasonal variation in telomere length of a hibernating rodent.

scientific article published on 6 February 2013

Senescence is more important in the natural lives of long- than short-lived mammals

scientific article published in 2010

Sex-specific impact of prenatal stress on growth and reproductive parameters of guinea pigs.

scientific article

Summer dormancy in edible dormice (Glis glis) without energetic constraints.

scientific article published on 26 November 2008

Taking the heat: thermoregulation in Asian elephants under different climatic conditions ⬇️

scientific article published on September 22, 2011

Telomere dynamics in free-living edible dormice (Glis glis): the impact of hibernation and food supply.

scientific article published on August 2016

Telomeres are elongated in older individuals in a hibernating rodent, the edible dormouse (Glis glis).

scientific article

The European Hare (Lepus europaeus): A Picky Herbivore Searching for Plant Parts Rich in Fat.

scientific article

The costs of locomotor activity? Maximum body temperatures and the use of torpor during the active season in edible dormice

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The effect of dietary fat content on lactation energetics in the European hare (Lepus europaeus)

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

The insensitive dormouse: reproduction skipping is not caused by chronic stress in

scientific article published on 15 October 2018

Use of social thermoregulation fluctuates with mast seeding and reproduction in a pulsed resource consumer

scientific article published on 12 March 2020

What Is a Mild Winter? Regional Differences in Within-Species Responses to Climate Change.

scientific article

Why hibernate? Predator avoidance in the edible dormouse

scientific article published in 2022

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