A year in the thermal life of a free-ranging herd of springbok Antidorcas marsupialis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 2855-2864

  Fuller, Andrea ^a   Kamerman, Peter R ^a   Maloney, Shane K ^a,b   Matthee, André ^c   Mitchell, Graham ^a,d   Mitchell, Duncan ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c National Zoological Gardens Lichtenburg Game Breeding Centre   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidorcas marsupialis; Body temperature; Circadian rhythm; Homeothermy; Springbok; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEMETRY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE; FEMALE; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; SOUTH AFRICA; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA; ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 24644512484     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01714     Document Type: Article

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