Seasonal adjustment of solar heat gain independent of coat coloration in a desert mammal

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 150-157

  Walsberg, Glenn E ^a   Weaver, Todd ^a   Wolf, Blair O ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031106234     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639566     Document Type: Article

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