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

We examine here evaporative water loss, economy and partitioning at ambient temperatures from 14 to 33°C for the monito delmonte (Dromiciops gliroides), a microbiotheriid marsupial found only in temperate rainforests of Chile. The monito's standard evaporative water loss (2.58 mg g–1 h–1 at 30°...

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Main Authors: Withers, Philip, Cooper, Christine, Nespolo, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Company of Biologists Ltd. 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13464