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ArticleConservation physiology2019

How free-ranging ungulates with differing water dependencies cope with seasonal variation in temperature and aridity.

Melinda Boyers, Francesca Parrini, Norman Owen-Smith, Barend F N Erasmus, Robyn S Hetem

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Article in Conservation physiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Melinda BoyersCentre for African Ecology, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7129-8949
Francesca ParriniCentre for African Ecology, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Norman Owen-SmithCentre for African Ecology, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Barend F N ErasmusGlobal Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Robyn S HetemBrain Function Research Group, School of Physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Jan Smuts Avenue, Braamfontein 2000, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Large mammals respond to seasonal changes in temperature and precipitation by behavioural and physiological flexibility. These responses are likely to differ between species with differing water dependencies. We used biologgers to contrast the seasonal differences in activity patterns, microclimate selection, distance to potential water source and body temperature of the water-independent gemsbok (

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Ariditybehaviour flexibilitybiologgingClimate Changethermoregulation

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PMID31723430
PMCPMC6839429

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