Title:

Nest building activity as thermoprotective maternal behaviour in rats

Creator:

Rychlik, L. ; Korda, P.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1989

Description:

Every other day from the 4th to the 11th day postpartum mother rats and their litters were exposed to a lowering of the ambient temperature by 5°C for 2 hours (Experiment I), while on the 12th day the temperature was lowered by 10°C (EXperiment II). The drops in temperature resulted in a considerable increase in the total duration of nest-building activities by mother rats. The increase was easily perceptible within the first 30 minutes of cooling.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

nest building activity ; thermoprotective maternal behaviour ; Rattus norvegicus ; budowanie gniazda ; termoprotekcyjny behawior macierzyński ; temperatura ; szczur

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

34

Issue:

20

Start page:

287

End page:

303

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.89-29

Source:

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Language:

eng ; sum. eng. ; pol.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open