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Heat dissipation in subterranean rodents: the role of body region and social organisation

The relatively warm and very humid environment of burrows presents a challenge for thermoregulation of its mammalian inhabitants. It was found that African mole-rats dissipate body heat mainly through their venter, and social mole-rats dissipate more body heat compared to solitary species at lower t...

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Autores principales: Vejmělka, František, Okrouhlík, Jan, Lövy, Matěj, Šaffa, Gabriel, Nevo, Eviatar, Bennett, Nigel Charles, Šumbera, Radim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7820455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33479351
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81404-3