Hibernation in Black Bears: Independence of Metabolic Suppression from Body Temperature

Abstract

Hibernating black bears suppress their metabolic rate to 25% of normal, but only slightly reduce their body temperature.

Document Details

• Document Type: Pub Defense Publication
• Publication Date: Feb 18, 2011
• Source ID: 10.1126/science.1199435

Entities

People

• Brian M. Barnes
• Dale M. Edgar
• Dennis A. Grahn
• H. Craig Heller
• John Blake
• Øivind Tøien

Organizations

• National Institutes of Health
• National Science Foundation
• Stanford University
• United States Army Medical Research and Development Command
• University of Alaska System