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dc.contributor.authorBarker, Justine Megan
dc.contributor.supervisorDr Christine Cooperen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-19T00:59:52Z
dc.date.available2017-12-19T00:59:52Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/59649
dc.description.abstract

The short-beaked echidna has a combination of ancestral and derived physiological traits. Its physiology is less primitive than previously thought, with many aspects being typically mammalian, including a previously unrecognised capacity for evaporative heat loss. Echidnas have considerable metabolic, thermal and hygric plasticity to accommodate daily, seasonal and geographical environmental demands and there are significant differences in the physiology of the two most distinct sub-species.

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dc.publisherCurtin Universityen_US
dc.titleComparative physiology of Australian echidnas (Tachyglossus aculeatus)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dcterms.educationLevelPhDen_US
curtin.departmentDepartment of Environment and Agricultureen_US
curtin.accessStatusOpen accessen_US
curtin.facultyScience and Engineeringen_US


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