Body temperatures and activity patterns of Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) and eastern quolls (Dasyurus viverrinus) through a subalpine winter

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-60

  Jones, Menna E ^a   Grigg, Gordon C ^b   Beard, Lyn A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DASYURUS VIVERRINUS; SARCOPHILUS HARRISII;

EID: 0030964035     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639541     Document Type: Article

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