Fats as indicators of physiological constraints in newborn and young reindeer:<em>Rangifer tarandus tarandus</em> L.
Abstract The semi-domesticated reindeer is a northern species of Cervidae that is exposed to extreme seasonal changes in temperature and nutrition in its living environment. The objective of this study was to examine the significance of thermogenic brown adipose tissue (BAT) for the survival of new...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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University of Oulu
2000
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| Online Access: | http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514256891 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:9514256891 |