Living on the edge: Daily, seasonal and annual body temperature patterns of Arabian oryx in Saudi Arabia

Heterothermy, the ability to allow body temperature (T(b)) to fluctuate, has been proposed as an adaptive mechanism that enables large ungulates to cope with the high environmental temperatures and lack of free water experienced in arid environments. By storing heat during the daytime and dissipatin...

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Autores principales: Streicher, S., Lutermann, H., Bennett, N. C., Bertelsen, M. F., Mohammed, O. B., Manger, P. R., Scantlebury, M., Ismael, K., Alagaili, A. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5576856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28854247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180269

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5576856/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28854247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180269

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