Isotopic measurements of Field Metabolic Rate (FMR) in the marsupial honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 401-407

  Bradshaw, S D ^a   Bradshaw, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doubly labeled water; Field metabolic rate; Marsupial; Oxygen 18; Rubidium 86; Tarsipes

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARSUPIAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; RUBIDIUM; TRITIUM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SCOTT NATIONAL PARK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; TARSIPEDIDAE; TARSIPES; TARSIPES ROSTRATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34248370964     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-154R1.1     Document Type: Article

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