Evaporative water loss, relative water economy and evaporative partitioning of aheterothermic marsupial, the monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 2806-2813

  Withers, Philip C ^a,b   Cooper, Christine E ^a,b   Nespolo, Roberto F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Hibernation; Mammal; Metabolic water production; Microbiotheria; Torpor; Ventilation; Water economy

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; WATER; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

DROMICIOPS GLIROIDES; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MICROBIOTHERIA; MICROBIOTHERIIDAE;

EID: 84864346825     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.070433     Document Type: Article

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