Meeting the energy demands of reproduction in female koalas, Phascolarctos cinereus: Evidence for energetic compensation

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 531-540

  Krockenberger, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal folivore; Food intake; Lactation; Marsupial; Reproductive energetics

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM OXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIMETRY; DIET RESTRICTION; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; MILK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEUTERIUM OXIDE; EATING; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EUCALYPTUS; FASTING; FEMALE; LACTATION; MARSUPIALIA; MILK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCTION; THERMOGENESIS;

EID: 0041785473     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-003-0361-9     Document Type: Article

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