Body temperature, thermoregulatory behaviour and pelt characteristics of three colour morphs of springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 379-388

  Hetem, Robyn S ^a   de Witt, Brenda A ^a   Fick, Linda G ^a   Fuller, Andrea ^a   Kerley, Graham I H ^b   Meyer, Leith C R ^a   Mitchell, Duncan ^a   Maloney, Shane K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Chemical Science   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal behaviour; Antelope; Heat transfer; Pelt; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTELOPE; ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENERGY COST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FORAGE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS;

EID: 61349101776     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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