Thermoregulation and patterns of torpor in the spectacled dormouse, Graphiurus ocularis (A. Smith 1829) (Gliridae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-266

  Perrin, M R ^a   Ridgard, B W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dormice; Graphiurus ocularis; Thermoregulation; Torpor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033259867     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.1999.10539392     Document Type: Article

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