caa a22 4500 47708432X CHVBK 20180405111458.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01923360 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01923360 Plasma triglyceride and β-hydroxybutyric acid levels in red-sided garter snakes ( Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis ) at emergence from hibernation [Elektronische Daten] [J. Whittier, R. Mason] Measurement of plasma levels of triglycerides and β-hydroxybutyric acid in females and males of the red-sided garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis) suggest that the former may provide a useful physiological marker of condition. Levels of triglycerides at emergence from hibernation during a month of natural aphagia were significantly greater in females than in males and she-males, a subset of the male population that mimics females. Higher levels of triglycerides in the females may be attributed to their greater body mass per unit length, which was correlated with the level of triglycerides. Plasma triglyceride levels declined in females within one month of emergence, at the onset of feeding, and were unrelated to mating. Birkhäuser Verlag Basel, 1996 Triglycerides nationallicence lipids nationallicence body fat nationallicence reproduction nationallicence hibernation nationallicence snakes nationallicence reptiles nationallicence Whittier J. Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Queensland, 4072, Queensland, (Australia) aut Mason R. Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, 97331, Corvallis, Oregon, USA aut Experientia Birkhäuser-Verlag 52/2(1996-02-01), 145-148 0014-4754 52:2<145 1996 52 18 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01923360 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01923360 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Whittier J. Department of Anatomical Sciences, University of Queensland, 4072, Queensland, (Australia) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mason R. Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, 97331, Corvallis, Oregon, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experientia Birkhäuser-Verlag 52/2(1996-02-01), 145-148 0014-4754 52:2<145 1996 52 18 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer