title: Reproductive energetics and thermoregulatory status of nestlings in pampas mice Akodon azarae (rodentia: sigmodontinae).
abstract: We evaluated metabolic rates during reproduction and the thermoregulatory status of preweaning pups of Akodon azarae (Fisher 1829). Metabolic rates during late pregnancy and lactation were 159% and 200%, respectively, of the basal metabolic rate. Metabolic rates of 10-d-old pups were 447% of the adult's metabolic rates. No difference in metabolic rates of pups was detected among different ambient temperatures. Differences were detected in body temperatures between pups without mothers before and after exposure to different ambient temperatures below the thermoneutral zone. Differences were not detected in body temperatures among solitary or grouped pups.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CC 1245, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina. antinuch@mdp.edu.ar
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Antinuchi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Busch
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D001835:Body Weight; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D007774:Lactation / Q000502:physiology; D008098:Litter Size; D008297:Male; D009115:Muridae / Q000502:physiology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011247:Pregnancy; D012098:Reproduction; D014886:Weaning