Body temperature daily rhythm adaptations in African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 560-565

  Kinahan, A A ^a   Inge moller, R ^b   Bateman, P W ^c   Kotze, A ^b   Scantlebury, M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b National Zoological Gardens   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity level; Body size; iButton; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAVANNA; WATER STRESS;

EID: 35548952179     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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