Boom and bust: A review of the physiology of the marsupial genus Antechinus

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

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 545-562

  Naylor, R ^a   Richardson, S J ^b   McAllan, B M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antechinus agilis; Antechinus stuartii; Cortisol; Immunosuppression; Marsupial; Renal function; Reproduction; Seasonality; Semelparity; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION;

ANTECHINUS; ANTECHINUS AGILIS; ANTECHINUS STUARTII; DASYURIDAE; DASYUROMORPHIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 44849099909     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0250-8     Document Type: Review

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