Non-contact infrared thermometers can accurately measure amphibian body temperatures

Herpetological Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-311

  Rowley, Jodij L ^a   Alford, Ross A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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AMPHIBIA;

EID: 34648833600     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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