Termite digestibility and water and energy contents determine the water economy index of numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus) and other myrmecophages

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 641-650

  Cooper, C E ^a   Withers, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTIBILITY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; TERMITE; WATER CONTENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WATER; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ISOPTERA; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WATER; CALORIMETRY; DIET; DIGESTION; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ISOPTERA; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; COPTOTERMES; COPTOTERMES SP.; FORMICIDAE; FRAXINUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; MAMMALIA; MYRMECOBIUS FASCIATUS; NASUTITERMES; REPTILIA;

EID: 13444291528     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421750     Document Type: Article

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