Are day-active small mammals rare and small birds abundant in Australia desert environments because small mammals are inferior thermoregulators?
Small desert birds are typically diurnal and highly mobile (hence conspicuous) whereas small non-volant mammals are generally nocturnal and less mobile (hence inconspicuous). Birds are more mobile than terrestrial mammals on a local and geographic scale, and most desert birds are not endemic but sim...
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2004
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| Online Access: | http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AM04117.htm http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/38507 |