... dependent, including foraging rates, energy assimilation, digestive efficiency (McConnachie and Alexander, 2004), gut passage time (Waldschmidt et al., 1986) and metabolic response to feeding (Wang et al., 2002). The thermal sensitivity of whole-organism digestive performance traits can be defined using...

... exclusively small litters needs to be investigated. * Author for correspondence([email protected]) 7 5 2009 2009 Brandt's voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) lactation heat dissipation limitation hypothesis food intake digestive efficiency metabolizable energy intake daily energy...

... into account individual variation in food wasting and individual estimates of apparent digestive efficiency, shaved mice at peak lactation assimilated on average 30.9 kJ day –1 more energy than unshaved individuals. As predicted exclusively by the heat dissipation limit hypothesis, this extra energy was used...

... present data on the field vole (Microtus agrestis) – a previously uncharacterised example of photoperiod-induced changes in body mass. We examined the effect of increased day length on body mass, food intake, apparent digestive efficiency,body composition, de novo lipogenesis and fatty acid composition...