Body temperature, thermoregulatory behaviour and pelt characteristics of three colour morphs of springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis).

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Published in Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol on November 20, 2008

Authors

Robyn S Hetem1, Brenda A de Witt, Linda G Fick, Andrea Fuller, Graham I H Kerley, Leith C R Meyer, Duncan Mitchell, Shane K Maloney

Author Affiliations

1: Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. robyn.hetem@wits.ac.za

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