Metabolic characteristics of overwintering by the high-altitude dwelling Xizang plateau frog,Nanorana parkeri

Niu, YG; Cao, WJ; Storey, KB; He, J; Wang, JZ; Zhang, T; Tang, XL; Chen, Q

Chen, Q (corresponding author), Lanzhou Univ, Sch Life Sci, Inst Biochem & Mol Biol, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China.; Chen, Q (corresponding author), Qinghai Univ, State Key Lab Plateau Ecol & Agr, Xining, Peoples R China.

JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY, 2020; 190 (4): 433

Abstract

The Xizang plateau frog,Nanorana parkeri, has the highest altitudinal distribution of all frogs in the world and survives the cold of winter without f......

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