Control of breathing in the golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilus lateralis)

The Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Spermophilis lateralis) breaths continuously during euthermia and episodically during hibernation. How and why this conversion occurs is unknown. Breathing is continuously shaped into a precise pattern which appropriately matches ventilation to metabolic demand...

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Main Author: Harris, Michael Bruce
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8577