Variability in brain and arterial blood temperatures in free-ranging ostriches in their natural habitat

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1171-1181

  Fuller, Andrea ^a   Kamerman, Peter R ^a   Maloney, Shane K ^a,b   Mitchell, Graham ^a   Mitchell, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND MEDICAL SCHOOL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird; Body temperature; Circadian rhythm; Ostrich; Selective brain cooling; Struthio camelus; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; OSTRICH; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CAMELUS; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 0037386378     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00230     Document Type: Article

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