Thermal biology, torpor use and activity patterns of a small diurnal marsupial from a tropical desert: Sexual differences

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

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 869-876

  Körtner, Gerhard ^a   Rojas, A Daniella ^a   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desert; Marsupial; Torpor; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

DASYURIDAE; METATHERIA; SPINIFEX;

EID: 77954511376     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0459-9     Document Type: Article

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