Fig. 5

Correlations between body fat content, energy intake and expenditure. A Body mass; B gross energy intake, GEI; C digestive energy intake, DEI; D digestibility; E resting metabolic rate, RMR, and F non-shivering thermogenesis, NST, of striped hamsters. Animals were exposed to 21, 10 and 0 °C for 14 days and transferred to a warm temperature at 30 °C on days 15–42. *, significant coefficients (P < 0.05), ***, P < 0.001