Reproductive status and torpor of the marsupial Sminthopsis crassicaudata: Effect of photoperiod

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 373-380

  Holloway, Joanne C ^a   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

marsupial; metabolic rate; photoperiod; reproduction; Sminthopsis crassicaudata; testes; Torpor

Indexed keywords

SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA;

EID: 0030268532     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(96)00023-X     Document Type: Article

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