Date of Award:
5-1-1973
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Biology
Department name when degree awarded
Zoology (Physiology)
Committee Chair(s)
James A. Gessaman
Committee
James A. Gessaman
Abstract
Metabolic rates and heart rates were linearly correlated in nonhibernating, Uinta ground squirrels (Spermophilus arrnatus) at air temperatures in and below the thermoneutral zone. This relationship measured in the laboratory was used to estimate the metabolism of 4 squirrels in the field for 7 days from telemetered heart rate and the metabolism of 2 squirrels in the laboratory for 8 days. The accuracy of heart rate as an indicator of the metabolism of Uinta ground squirrels is evaluated. Measurements of D20 and H2180 turnover rates made simultaneously with heart rate did not yield reasonable estimates of CO2 production.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Steve F., "Heart Rate as an Indicator of Metabolism in Free-Living Uinta Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus armatus)" (1973). Biology. 396.
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