Basking behaviour in relation to energy use and food availability in one of the smallest marsupials

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-393

  Warnecke, Lisa ^a   Schleucher, Elke ^b   Geiser, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Dasyurid; Energy savings; Metabolic rate; Sun basking; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASKING; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MARSUPIAL; METABOLIC RATE; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PLANIGALE GILESI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIROMETRY; SIMULATION; THERMOREGULATION; VIDEORECORDING; WINTER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOT TEMPERATURE; MARSUPIALIA; REST;

EID: 77956180963     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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