Variation in the daily rhythm of body temperature of free-living Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx): Does water limitation drive heterothermy?

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1111-1119

  Hetem, Robyn Sheila ^a   Strauss, Willem Maartin ^a,b,c   Fick, Linda Gayle ^a   Maloney, Shane Kevin ^a,d   Meyer, Leith Carl Rodney ^a   Shobrak, Mohammed ^b,e   Fuller, Andrea ^a   Mitchell, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arid adapted antelope; Body temperature; Hyper arid environment

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DESERT CLIMATE; DRINKING; FEMALE; HEAT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEHYDRATION; DESERT CLIMATE; DRINKING; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS;

MAMMALIA; ORYX; ORYX LEUCORYX;

EID: 77956032841     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0480-z     Document Type: Article

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