Torpor in the Patagonian opossum (Lestodelphys halli): Implications for the evolution of daily torpor and hibernation

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 975-981

  Geiser, Fritz ^a,b   Martin, Gabriel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Daily torpor; Evolution; Hibernation; Mammals; Opossums

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; CAPTIVITY; EVOLUTION; FOOD; MALE; MARSUPIAL; TORPOR; WINTER;

DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; LESTODELPHYS; LESTODELPHYS HALLI; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 84885421627     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1098-2     Document Type: Article

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