| social behavior of the conilurine rodents (muridae) of australia. | this paper describes in detail the elements of social behaviour and social organizations of four closely related rodents (notomys alexis, pseudomys albocinereus, p. shortridgei and p. desertor) from diverse habitats, and the social organizations of seven other conilurine rodents are described briefly. most of the data were determined from quantitative observations of animals caged in twos or in larger groups for at least ten days. breeding pairs were observed daily throughout pregnancy and paren ... | 1976 | 1266428 |
| physiological responses of a rodent to heliox reveal constancy of evaporative water loss under perturbing environmental conditions. | total evaporative water loss of endotherms is assumed to be determined essentially by biophysics, at least at temperatures below thermoneutrality, with evaporative water loss determined by the water vapor deficit between the animal and the ambient air. we present here evidence, based on the first measurements of evaporative water loss for a small mammal in heliox, that mammals may have a previously unappreciated ability to maintain acute constancy of total evaporative water loss under perturbing ... | 2014 | 25163919 |
| thermoregulation by an australian murine rodent, the ash-grey mouse (pseudomys albocinereus). | we examine here the thermal physiology of the ash-grey mouse, as there is a paucity of data to explain how australian rodents meet thermoregulatory demands. most ash-grey mice remained normothermic over a range of ambient temperatures (10 °c to 30 °c), although they became hyperthermic at high ambient temperatures. one individual entered torpor at ambient temperatures of 20 °c and 25 °c, with minimal body temperatures of 24.5 °c and 28.4 °c respectively, before spontaneously arousing. this is th ... | 2012 | 22871479 |