The relationship between body and environmental temperatures in savanna elephants, Loxodonta africana
As a result of climate change, environmental temperatures across southern Africa are predicted to rise by up to 5˚C by 2070. Elephants may be particularly vulnerable to these changes. Their small surface area to mass ratio and lack of sweat glands may impair heat loss. However, it is not known how e...
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46218 Rodrigues D' Araujo, S 2015, The relationship between body and environmental temperatures in savanna elephants, Loxodonta africana, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46218> |