Challenges of measuring body temperatures of free-ranging birds and mammals

Animal Biotelemetry

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  McCafferty, D J ^a   Gallon, S ^a   Nord, A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Heterothermy; Infrared thermography; Passive integrated transponder; Radio telemetry; Temperature data logger; Thermocouple; Thermometry; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018193348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20503385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40317-015-0075-2     Document Type: Review

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