The role of torpor in the life of Australian arid zone mammals

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 125-134

  Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Bats; Diet; Echidnas; Hibernation; Marsupials; Metabolism; Rodents; Torpor

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547133289     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am04125     Document Type: Article

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