Daily torpor and energy expenditure in Sminthopsis macroura: Interactions between food and water availability and temperature

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-337

  Song, Xiaowei ^a   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0031147636     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639610     Document Type: Article

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