Huddling behaviour and energetics of Sminthopsis spp. (Marsupialia, Dasyruidae) in response to environmental challenge

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 9-15

  Tomlinson, Sean ^a   Withers, Philip C ^a   Maloney, Shane K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Huddling; Marsupial; Metabolic rate; Sminthopsis; Social behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; DASYRUIDAE; DESERT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MARSUPIAL; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIROMETRY; RESTING METABOLIC RATE; SMINTHOPSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MARSUPIALIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84894326495     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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