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Australian Mammalogy

Volume 26 Number 2 (Nov 2004)


Contents

Special Issue

Animal Function in Arid Environments
DAWSON TJ. Foreword. 109
HULBERT AJ, ELSE PL. Mammalian metabolism: insights from arid zone reptiles. 111
WITHERS PC, COOPER CE, BUTTEMER WA. Are day-active small mammals rare and small birds abundant in Australian desert environments because small mammals are inferior thermoregulators? 117
GEISER F. The role of torpor in the life of Australian arid zone mammals. 125
MALONEY SK, FULLER A, KAMERMAN PR, MITCHELL G, MITCHELL D. Variation in body temperature in free-ranging western grey kangaroos Macropus fuliginosus. 135
DAWSON TJ, MALONEY SK. Fur versus feathers: the different roles of red kangaroo fur and emu feathers in thermoregulation in the Australian arid zone. 145
WEBSTER KN, DAWSON TJ. Is the energetics of mammalian hopping locomotion advantageous in arid environments? 153
MUNN AJ, DAWSON TJ. The ecophysiology of survival in juvenile red kangaroos Macropus rufus: greater demands and higher costs. 161
DAWSON TJ, MCTAVISH KJ, ELLIS BA. Diets and foraging behaviour of red and eastern grey kangaroos in arid shrub land: is feeding behaviour involved in the range expansion of the eastern grey kangaroo into the arid zone? 169
GIBSON LA, HUME ID. Aspects of the ecophysiology and the dietary strategy of the greater bilby Macrotis lagotis: a review. 179
HORNSBY PE, CORLETT EY. Differential responses by sympatric macropodids to severe drought. 185
HEIMEIER RA, BARTOLO RC, DONALD JA. The effect of water deprivation on signalling molecules that utilise cGMP in the spinifex hopping mouse Notomys alexis. 191
JONES RC, DJAKIEW D, DACHEUX J-L. Adaptations of the short-beaked echidna Tachyglossus aculateus for sperm production, particularly in an arid environment. 199
WILLIAMS AJ, DICKMAN CR. The ecology of insectivorous bats in the Simpson Desert, central Australia: habitat use. 205
LEE E, KLÖCKER U, CROFT DB, RAMP D. Kangaroo-vehicle collisions in Australia’s sheep rangelands, during and following drought periods. 215