Metabolic, hygric and ventilatory physiology of a hypermetabolic marsupial, the honey possum (Tarsipes rostratus)

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

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 773-781

  Cooper, Christine Elizabeth ^a   Cruz Neto, Ariovaldo P ^a,b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basal metabolic rate; Body temperature; Evaporative water loss; Marsupial; Ventilation; Water economy

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; TARSIPEDIDAE; TARSIPES ROSTRATUS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; THERMOREGULATION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, WHOLE BODY; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION; SEASONS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349780049     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-009-0358-0     Document Type: Article

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