Physiological regulation of evaporative water loss in endotherms: Is the little red kaluta (Dasykaluta rosamondae) an exception or the rule?

It is a central paradigm of comparative physiology that the effect of humidity on evaporative water loss (EWL) is determined for most mammals and birds, in and below thermoneutrality, essentially by physics and is not under physiological regulation. Fick's law predicts that EWL should be invers...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Withers, P., Cooper, Christine
Format: Journal Article
Published: Royal Society of London 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23080