| Preface | |
| Hibernation by Echidnas in Mild Climates: Hints about the Evolution of Endothermy | p. 5 |
| Patterns of Hibernation of Echidnas in Tasmania | p. 21 |
| Daily Heterothermy in Mammals: Coping with Unpredictable Environments | p. 29 |
| Body Temperature and Metabolic Rate of a Hibernating Primate in Madagascar: Preliminary Results from a Field Study | p. 41 |
| Heterothermy in Mousebirds: Evidence of Avian Proto-Torpor? | p. 49 |
| Spontaneous Arousal in Reptiles? Body Temperature Ecology of Rosenberg's Goanna, Varanus rosenbergi | p. 57 |
| Hibernation in the Extreme: Burrow and Body Temperatures, Metabolism, and Limits to Torpor Bout Length in Arctic Ground Squirrels | p. 65 |
| Energetics of Hibernation in Woodchucks (Marmota monax) | p. 73 |
| Mechanisms of Social Thermoregulation in Hibernating Alpine Marmots (Marmota marmota) | p. 81 |
| Do Patterns of Torpor Differ between Free-ranging and Captive Mammals and Birds? | p. 95 |
| Weather Patterns and Daily Torpor in Free-ranging Animals | p. 103 |
| Role of Soil Temperature in Timing of Emergence from Hibernation in the Jumping Mouse, Zapur hudsonius | p. 111 |
| Temperature Selection and Energy Expenditure in the Marsupial Hibernator Cercartetus nanus | p. 119 |
| Torpor in the Carnivorous Marsupial Sminthopsis macroura: Effects of Food Quality and Quantity | p. 127 |
| Parasite Adaptations to Hibernation in Alpine Marmots | p. 139 |
| Perspectives on Metabolic Suppression during Mammalian Hibernation and Daily Torpor | p. 149 |
| Control of Cardiac and Ventilation Frequencies during Hibernation in Ground Squirrels | p. 159 |
| Intermittent Ventilation in Hibernating Dormice -Is Ventilation always Necessary to Meet Metabolic Demands? | p. 169 |
| Retention of Carbon Dioxide during Entrance into Torpor in Dormice | p. 179 |
| Thermal Cycling of the Pulmonary Surfactant System in Small Heterothermic Mammals | p. 187 |
| Anoxia Tolerance to Oxygen Necessity: Paradigm Shift in the Physiology of Survival of Apneic Deep Hypothermia in Neonatal Rodents | p. 199 |
| The Effects of alpha-Tocopherol on Mammalian Torpor | p. 207 |
| Essential Fatty Acids: Their Impact on Free-living Alpine Marmots (Marmota marmota) | p. 215 |
| Circadian Rhythms of Body Temperature in Laboratory and Field Marmots (Marmota flaviventris) | p. 223 |
| Circannual Rhythms in European Ground Squirrels during Nine Years of Entrainment | p. 233 |
| Is Hibernation Facilitated by an Inhibition of Arousal? | p. 241 |
| The Djungarian Hamster is Sleep Deprived during Daily Torpor | p. 251 |
| Neuropeptides and Neurotransmitters in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus: Relationship with the Hibernation Process | p. 261 |
| Ultrastructure of Organs and Tissues during Hibernation | p. 269 |
| Temperature Modulation of Glucocorticoid - receptor Affinity in a Hibernator, the European Ground Squirrel, and a Non-Hibernator, the Rat | p. 277 |
| Follicular Development and Hibernation in European Ground Squirrels | p. 285 |
| Effects of Hetastarch on Rewarming after Prolonged Deep Hypothermia in Rats | p. 293 |
| Gene Expression and Protein Adaptations in Mammalian Hibernation | p. 303 |
| Quantitative and Qualitative Changes in Gene Expression during Hibernation in Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels | p. 315 |
| Genetic Control of Carbon Utilization during Hibernation: Mechanistic Considerations | p. 325 |
| Cellular Response to Metabolic Stress in Hibernating Mammals | p. 339 |
| Gluconeogenesis in Brain and Liver During Daily Torpor in Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) | p. 347 |
| Cardiac Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterase (PDE) Activity in the European Hamster during Hibernation | p. 355 |
| Temperature Dependence of Coupled and Uncoupled Oxidations in Brain Synaptosomes from Hibernators and Non-Hibernators | p. 361 |
| Endogenous Changes in Hibernation-Specific Protein in Chipmunk Cerebrospinal Fluid | p. 369 |
| Opioid-like Hibernation Factors Provide Protection to the Ischemic Myocardium | p. 377 |
| Is there a Life in the Cold without UCPI? Uncoupling Proteins and Thermoregulatory Thermogenesis | p. 387 |
| Viral Labeling of the CNS Origins of the Sympathetic Nervous System Innervation of Brown Adipose Tissue: Implications for Torpor and Hibernation Responses | p. 401 |
| Mitochondrial Proton Conductance, Standard Metabolic Rate and Metabolic Depression | p. 413 |
| Mitochondria in the Cold | p. 431 |
| A Contribution of Acid-base Regulation to Metabolic Depression in Marine Ectotherms | p. 443 |
| Leptin - Signals and Secretions from White Adipose Tissue | p. 459 |
| Flexibility of Basal Metabolic Rate in Arctic Breeding Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) | p. 471 |
| Relationships between Resting Metabolic Rate and Morphology in Lactating Mice: What Tissues are the Major Contributors to Resting Metabolism? | p. 479 |
| Use of the EM-SCAN to Determine Body Composition in Previously Frozen Specimens | p. 487 |
| The Influence of Temperature and Season on Mitogen-Induced Proliferation of Ground Squirrel Lymphocytes | p. 493 |
| Oestradiol and Progesterone Control Cytochrome c Oxidase Activity in Thermogenic Tissues | p. 505 |
| Low Temperature Effects and Social Influences on Physiological Condition of Subadult Wild Rabbits | p. 511 |
| Physico-chemical Model for Brain Ganglioside Function in Thermal Adaptation of Vertebrates | p. 519 |
| Vertebrate Freeze Tolerance: Molecular Studies of Signal Transduction and Gene Expression | p. 527 |
| Author Index | p. 541 |
| Subject Index | p. 543 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
