Air temperature changes in a burrow of Chinese pangolin, manis pentadactyla, in Winter

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-47

  Bao, Fangyin ^a   Wu, Shibao ^b   Su, Chao ^b   Yang, Li ^b   Zhang, Fuhua ^b   Ma, Guangzhi ^b  

^a ANHUI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Luofushan natural reserve; Micro environment; Subterranean mammal; Wintering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BURROW; DIURNAL VARIATION; MAMMAL; NATURE RESERVE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WINTER;

CHINA;

MAMMALIA; MANIS PENTADACTYLA;

EID: 84885757804     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v62.i1.a6.2013     Document Type: Article

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