Variation in body temperature in free-ranging western grey kangaroos Macropus fuliginosus

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-144

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

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EID: 33748498970     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am04135     Document Type: Article

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