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ArticleBiology letters2016

Improved homeothermy and hypothermia in African lions during gestation.

Paul D Trethowan, Tom Hart, Andrew J Loveridge, Anna Haw, Andrea Fuller, David W Macdonald

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Article in Biology letters, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Paul D TrethowanWildlife Conservation Research Unit, The Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK trethowan.zoology@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-8245-6113
Tom HartOcean Research and Conservation Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Andrew J LoveridgeWildlife Conservation Research Unit, The Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Anna HawBrain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Andrea FullerBrain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
David W MacdonaldWildlife Conservation Research Unit, The Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mammals use endogenously produced heat to maintain a high and relatively constant core body temperature (T

Indexed as

AnimalsFemaleLionsPregnancyPregnancy, AnimalThermogenesisendothermyevolutionPanthera leoparental care

Identifiers

PMID27881765
PMCPMC5134044

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