Ambient temperature as a determinant of landscape use in the savanna elephant, Loxodonta africana

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-58

  Kinahan, A A ^a   Pimm, S L ^a,b   van Aarde, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Landscape preference; Temperature selection; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LANDSCAPE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; NONHUMAN; SAVANNA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 33845341399     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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