Daily torpor during the active phase in free-ranging rock elephant shrews (Elephantulus myurus)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 267, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-111

  Mzilikazi, Nomakwezi ^a,b   Lovegrove, Barry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Elephantulus; Heterothermy; Passive heating; Polyphasic patterns

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BODY TEMPERATURE; TORPOR;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTULUS; ELEPHANTULUS MYURUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 26244446900     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905007314     Document Type: Article

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