Patterns of body temperature variation and torpor in the numbat, Myrmecobius fasciatus (Marsupialia: Myrmecobiidae)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 277-284

  Cooper, C E ^a   Withers, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Conductance; Hypothermia; Marsupial; Myrmecobius fasciatus; Numbat; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COOLING; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TELEMETRY; WINTER;

METATHERIA; MYRMECOBIIDAE; MYRMECOBIUS FASCIATUS;

EID: 4043146494     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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