Daily torpor in free-ranging rock elephant shrews, Elephantulus myurus: A year-long study

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 285-296

  Mzilikazi, Nomakwezi ^a   Lovegrove, Barry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; HIBERNATION; PHOTOPERIOD; RODENT; TORPOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EATING; INVERTEBRATE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; SHREW; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; EATING; INVERTEBRATES; PHOTOPERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SHREWS; SOUTH AFRICA; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTULUS; ELEPHANTULUS MYURUS; INVERTEBRATA; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 2342565732     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381470     Document Type: Article

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