Allometry of evaporative water loss in marsupials: Implications of the effect of ambient relative humidity on the physiology of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2759-2766

  Cooper, C E ^a,b   Withers, P C ^a,b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brushtail possum; Evaporative water loss; Marsupial; Methodology; Relative humidity; Respirometry; Water vapour pressure deficit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMIDITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; TRICHOSURUS;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; HUMIDITY; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRICHOSURUS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 53949089829     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.019463     Document Type: Article

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