Daily torpor in a pregnant dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura Dasyuridae: Marsupialia)

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-121

  Geiser, F ^a   Mcallan, Bronwyn M ^a   Brigham, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arid tone; Mammalian reproduction; Thermo energetics

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; MARSUPIAL; PREGNANCY; TORPOR;

DASYURIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; SMINTHOPSIS MACROURA; SMINTHOPSIS MURINA;

EID: 14944343533     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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