Effects of reproductive status and high ambient temperatures on the body temperature of a free-ranging basoendotherm

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

Volumn 184, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1041-1053

  Levesque, Danielle L ^a,b   Lobban, Kerileigh D ^b   Lovegrove, Barry G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Evolution of endothermy; Heterothermy; Madagascar; Parental care; Reproduction; Setifer setosus; Tenrec; Thermoregulation; Torpor; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; TENREC; TENRECIDAE;

ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TORPOR; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; MAMMALS; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TORPOR; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84919948883     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-014-0858-4     Document Type: Article

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