Circadian body temperature rhythms of the solitary cape mole rat Georychus capensis (Bathyergidae)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 991-998

  Lovegrove, Barry G ^a   Muir, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Activity; Bathyergidae; Body temperature; Circadian rhythms; Entrainment; Georychus capensis; Mole rats; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOLE RAT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOREGULATION;

GEORYCHUS CAPENSIS;

EID: 0030249174     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00076-5     Document Type: Article

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