Ways to measure body temperature in the field

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 46-51

  Langer, Franz ^a   Fietz, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Data logger; Heterotherm; IButton; Passive transponder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD STUDY; GLIS GLIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN ANALYZER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT DEVICE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PASSIVE TRANSPONDER; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DORMOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THERMOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; MALE; MYOXIDAE; SOFTWARE; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 84898607440     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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