| comparative water metabolism of barrow island macropodid marsupials: hormonal versus behavioural-dependent mechanisms of body water conservation. | seasonal variations in rates of water turnover were measured over a 7-year period in four species of macropodid marsupials (lagorchestes conspicillatus, bettongia lesueur, petrogale lateralis and macropus robustus isabellinus), on barrow island off the arid pilbara coast of western australia. these ranged from over 100 ml kg(-0.82) d(-1) in wet seasons to as low as 28.2 ml kg(-0.82) d(-1) in dry seasons in the spectacled hare wallaby, l. conspicillatus. plasma osmolality increased significantly ... | 2008 | 17720162 |
| stress in an island kangaroo? the barrow island euro, macropus robustus isabellinus. | selected physiological parameters were monitored over a 4-year period in the barrow island euro, macropus robustus isabellinus, in western australia in a study of this species' homeostatic capabilities in an extremely arid habitat where individuals are exposed to high environmental temperatures and a lack of free water for much of the year. evidence was found of a significant change in the animal's milieu intérieur on only one occasion on barrow island: in november 1994, following a protracted 8 ... | 2010 | 20178800 |