Seasonal patterns in body temperature of free-living rock hyrax (Procavia capensis)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-49

  Brown, Kelly J ^a   Downs, Colleen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Core body temperature; Field study; Procavia capensis; Rock hyrax; Summer; Winter

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HYRAX; NONHUMAN; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER LOSS; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; PROCAVIIDAE;

EID: 31344453027     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.10.020     Document Type: Article

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