Heterothermy in afrotropical mammals and birds: A review

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-363

  McKechnie, Andrew E ^a   Mzilikazi, Nomakwezi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMAL; BIRD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HIBERNATION; MADAGASCAR; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ECOSYSTEM; HIBERNATION; MADAGASCAR; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS;

ATELERIX; AVES; CAPRIMULGUS TRISTIGMA; CHEIROGALEUS MAJOR; CHEIROGALEUS MEDIUS; CHIROPTERA; GRAPHIURUS MURINUS; GRAPHIURUS OCULARIS; MACROSCELIDEA; MAMMALIA; MICROCEBUS GRISEORUFUS; MICROCEBUS MURINUS; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 80051778430     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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