Environmental correlates of physiological variables in marsupials

PC Withers, CE Cooper… - Physiological and …, 2006‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
We analyzed body temperature (T b), basal metabolic rate (BMR), wet thermal conductance
(C wet), and evaporative water loss (EWL) of marsupials by conventional and …

Habitat selection by the swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) in relation to diel period, food and shelter

J Di Stefano, A York, M Swan, A Greenfield… - Austral …, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
Patterns of resource selection by animals may be influenced by sex, and often change over
a 24‐h period. We used a dry sclerophyll landscape managed for commercial timber …

The limit to the distribution of a rainforest marsupial folivore is consistent with the thermal intolerance hypothesis

AK Krockenberger, W Edwards, J Kanowski - Oecologia, 2012‏ - Springer
Abstract Models of impacts of climate change on species are generally based on
correlations between current distributions and climatic variables, rather than a detailed …

Thermoregulation by kangaroos from mesic and arid habitats: influence of temperature on routes of heat loss in eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) and red …

TJ Dawson, CE Blaney, AJ Munn… - Physiological and …, 2000‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
We examined thermoregulation in red kangaroos (Macropus rufus) from deserts and in
eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) from mesic forests/woodlands. Desert …

Ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia in mice: methodological considerations

CM Ivy, GR Scott - Respiratory physiology & neurobiology, 2017‏ - Elsevier
We examined ventilatory acclimatization to hypoxia (VAH) in CD1 mice, and contrasted
results obtained using the barometric method on unrestrained mice with …

Age-related changes in the thermoregulatory properties in bank voles from a selection experiment

M Grosiak, P Koteja, U Bauchinger… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
As with many physiological performance traits, the capacity of endotherms to thermoregulate
declines with age. Aging compromises both the capacity to conserve or dissipate heat and …

Water use and the thermoregulatory behaviour of kangaroos in arid regions: insights into the colonisation of arid rangelands in Australia by the Eastern Grey …

TJ Dawson, KJ McTavish, AJ Munn… - Journal of Comparative …, 2006‏ - Springer
Abstract The Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) occurs mostly in the wetter
regions of eastern Australia. However, in the past 30–40 years it has moved into more arid …

A phylogenetic approach to total evaporative water loss in mammals

MJ Van Sant, CE Oufiero… - Physiological and …, 2012‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
Maintaining appropriate water balance is a constant challenge for terrestrial mammals, and
this problem can be exacerbated in desiccating environments. It has been proposed that …

Decreasing methane yield with increasing food intake keeps daily methane emissions constant in two foregut fermenting marsupials, the western grey kangaroo and …

C Vendl, M Clauss, M Stewart… - Journal of …, 2015‏ - journals.biologists.com
Fundamental differences in methane (CH4) production between macropods (kangaroos)
and ruminants have been suggested and linked to differences in the composition of the …

Metabolic, Ventilatory, and Hygric Physiology of the Gracile Mouse Opossum (Gracilinanus agilis)

CE Cooper, PC Withers… - Physiological and …, 2009‏ - journals.uchicago.edu
We present the first complete study of basic laboratory-measured physiological variables
(metabolism, thermoregulation, evaporative water loss, and ventilation) for a South …