Activity re-assignment and microclimate selection of free-living Arabian oryx: responses that could minimise the effects of climate change on homeostasis?

Robyn S. Hetem; W. Maartin Strauss; Linda G. Fick; Shane K. Maloney; Leith C.R. Meyer; Mohammed Shobrak; Andrea Fuller; Duncan Mitchell

doi:10.1016/j.zool.2012.04.005

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Activity re-assignment and microclimate selection of free-living Arabian oryx: responses that could minimise the effects of climate change on homeostasis?

Robyn S. Hetem W. Maartin Strauss Linda G. Fick Shane K. Maloney

Leith C.R. Meyer Mohammed Shobrak Andrea Fuller

Duncan Mitchell

Zoology Vol. 115 No. 6 pp. 411-416 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Dec 01, 2012
Vol/Issue: 115(6)
Pages: 411-416
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Brain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand 1 , Parktown, 2193, Johannesburg , South Africa

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Robyn S. Hetem, W. Maartin Strauss, Linda G. Fick, et al. (2012). Activity re-assignment and microclimate selection of free-living Arabian oryx: responses that could minimise the effects of climate change on homeostasis?. Zoology, 115(6), 411-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2012.04.005

Activity re-assignment and microclimate selection of free-living Arabian oryx: responses that could minimise the effects of climate change on homeostasis?

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