Water use and the thermoregulatory behaviour of kangaroos in arid regions: Insights into the colonisation of arid rangelands in Australia by the Eastern Grey Kangaroo [Macropus giganteus]

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

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-53

  Dawson, Terence J ^a   McTavish, Kirsten J ^a   Munn, Adam J ^a   Holloway, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aridity; Drinking; Foraging; Kangaroos; Kidneys; Water

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; BODY WATER; DESERT CLIMATE; DRINKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KIDNEY; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; URINE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; BODY WATER; DESERT CLIMATE; DRINKING; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROLYTES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MACROPODIDAE; ORGAN SIZE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; MACROPUS RUFUS;

EID: 28844439794     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0030-2     Document Type: Article

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