Activity, blood temperature and brain temperature of free-ranging springbok

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 335-343

  Mitchell, Duncan ^a   Maloney, Shane K ^a   Laburn, Helen P ^a   Knight, Michael H ^b   Kuhnen, Gernot ^c   Jessen, Claus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antelope; Body temperature; Environmental thermal load; Exercise; Selective brain cooling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUNCTIONS OF THE HEMIC, LYMPHATIC AND RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEMS; HEAT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD PHYSIOLOGY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAT; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 0031194679     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050082     Document Type: Article

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