The field energetics and water fluxes of free-living wombats (Marsupialia: Vombatidae)

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-180

  Evans, Murray ^a,c   Green, Brian ^b   Newgrain, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Wildlife Research and Monitoring   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lasiorhinus; Marsupial; Metabolic rate; Vombatus; Water turnover

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; WATER BUDGET;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; DIET; EATING; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BODY WATER; DIET; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; MARSUPIALIA; SEASONS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; LASIORHINUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; VERTEBRATA; VOMBATIDAE; VOMBATIDAE GEN. SP.; VOMBATUS;

EID: 0142059813     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1322-4     Document Type: Article

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