Do implanted transmitters affect maximum running speed of two small marsupials?

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1360-1364

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

internal transmitters; maximum running speed; Planigale gilesi; Sminthopsis crassicaudata

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; MARSUPIAL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PLANIGALE; PLANIGALE GILESI; SMINTHOPSIS; SMINTHOPSIS CRASSICAUDATA;

EID: 78650425703     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-052.1     Document Type: Article

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