Amplitude of the daily rhythm of body temperature in eleven mammalian species

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 477-481

  Refinetti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Circadian rhythms; Glaucomys volans; Meriones unguiculatus; Mesocricetus auratus; Octodon degus; Pachyuromys duprasi; Phodopus sungorus; Rattus norvegicus; Spermophilus richarssonii; Spermophilus tridecemlineatus; Tupaia belangeri

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033395696     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(99)00077-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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