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29 3.2 Materials <strong>and</strong> Methods:­of all theIs was recordedonce 2 h from 6 am to 6 pm summer<strong>and</strong> . These readings Were taken daily ing thethree of the (<strong>and</strong> rehydration). The Radio Telemetry (RTS)was used as by Will (1992) •Briefly, the made up of a receiver,a pulse interval timer (accurate to 1 11 <strong>and</strong>a zed, which sends outpulses by that vary directlyproportional with temperature.Thewerethem in a laboratory which thewas var so that a 1could be plotted, with temperature as the independent<strong>and</strong> Se as varUs this relationship, temperature could becalcu from pulse 1 to an of O.l°C(Will <strong>and</strong> Delima, 1990). After calibration,transmitters were into abdominalzelly. Thus within half an hourthe tter will measure gazel bodyThrough anfixed near thegazel 's sheds, s Is could bereceived asthat could