Thermoregulatory capabilities of the woodland dormouse, Graphiurus murinus

African Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-38

  Whittington Jones, C A ^a   Brown, C R ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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