Basking and torpor in a rock-dwelling desert marsupial: Survival strategies in a resource-poor environment

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

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 885-892

  Geiser, Fritz ^a   Pavey, Chris R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE SUPERVISING SCIENTIST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Basking; Daily torpor; Desert mammals; Energy conservation; Pseudantechinus macdonnellensis; Thermal environment

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEAT; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEAT; MALE; MARSUPIALIA;

ANIMALIA; DASYURIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PSEUDANTECHINUS; PSEUDANTECHINUS MACDONNELLENSIS;

EID: 35448952667     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0186-z     Document Type: Article

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