Balancing the competing requirements of saltatorial and fossorial specialisation: Burrowing costs in the spinifex hopping mouse, Notomys alexis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2103-2113

  White, Craig R ^a,b   Matthews, Philip G D ^a   Seymour, Roger S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burrowing; Cost of transport; Energetics; Hopping mouse; Maximum running speed; Notomys alexis; Saltation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MURINAE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MURINAE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; NOTOMYS ALEXIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33745629333     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02233     Document Type: Article

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