Seasonal and daily variation in blood and urine concentrations of free-ranging Angolan free-tailed bats (Mops condylurus) in hot roosts in southern Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-18

  Buffenstein, Rochelle ^a,b   Maloney, Shane K ^a,c   Bronner, Gary N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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