Confirmation of pleisiomorphic daily torpor in mammals: The round-eared elephant shrew Macroscelides proboscideus (Macroscelidea)

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

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 453-460

  Lovegrove, B G ^a   Lawes, M J ^a   Roxburgh, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Elephant shrews; Macroscelidea; Risk averse foraging; Torpor; Unpredictable environments

Indexed keywords

MACROSCELIDES PROBOSCIDEUS;

EID: 0033213038     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050242     Document Type: Article

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