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dc.contributor.authorCooper, C. E.-
dc.contributor.authorWithers, P. C.-
dc.contributor.authorCruz-Neto, A. P.-
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:23:52Z-
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-25T18:26:52Z-
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:23:52Z-
dc.date.available2016-10-25T18:26:52Z-
dc.date.issued2009-03-01-
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1086/595967-
dc.identifier.citationPhysiological and Biochemical Zoology, v. 82, n. 2, p. 153-162, 2009.-
dc.identifier.issn1522-2152-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/70940-
dc.identifier.urihttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/70940-
dc.description.abstractWe present the first complete study of basic laboratory-measured physiological variables (metabolism, thermoregulation, evaporative water loss, and ventilation) for a South American marsupial, the gracile mouse opossum (Gracilinanus agilis). Body temperature (Tb) was thermolabile below thermoneutrality (Tb = 33.5°C), but a substantial gradient between Tb and ambient temperature (Ta) was sustained even at Ta = 12°C (Tb = 30.6°C). Basal metabolic rate of 1.00 mL O2 g-1 h-1 at Ta = 30°C conformed to the general allometric relationship for marsupials, as did wet thermal conductance (5.7 mL O2 g-1 h-1 °C-1). Respiratory rate, tidal volume, and minute volume at thermoneutrality matched metabolic demand such that O2 extraction was 12.4%, and ventilation increased in proportion to metabolic rate at low T a. Ventilatory accommodation of increased metabolic rate at low Ta was by an increase in respiratory rate rather than by tidal volume or O2 extraction. Evaporative water loss at the lower limit of thermoneutrality conformed to that of other marsupials. Relative water economy was negative at thermoneutrality but positive below Ta = 12°C. Interestingly, the Neotropical gracile mouse opossums have a more positive water economy at low Ta than an Australian arid-zone marsupial, perhaps reflecting seasonal variation in water availability for the mouse opossum. Torpor occurred at low Ta, with spontaneous arousal when . T b > 20°C. Torpor resulted in absolute energy and water savings but lower relative water economy. We found no evidence that gracile mouse opossums differ physiologically from other marsupials, despite their Neotropical distribution, sympatry with placental mammals, and long period of separation from Australian marsupials. © 2009 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved.en
dc.format.extent153-162-
dc.language.isoeng-
dc.sourceScopus-
dc.subjectallometry-
dc.subjectbioenergetics-
dc.subjectbody temperature-
dc.subjectmarsupial-
dc.subjectmetabolism-
dc.subjectoxygen-
dc.subjectphysiology-
dc.subjectpopulation distribution-
dc.subjectseasonal variation-
dc.subjectsympatry-
dc.subjectthermal conductivity-
dc.subjecttorpor-
dc.subjectwater availability-
dc.subjectanimal-
dc.subjectbasal metabolic rate-
dc.subjectBrazil-
dc.subjectenergy metabolism-
dc.subjectlung ventilation-
dc.subjectopossum-
dc.subjectoxygen consumption-
dc.subjectthermoregulation-
dc.subjectAnimals-
dc.subjectBasal Metabolism-
dc.subjectBody Temperature-
dc.subjectBody Temperature Regulation-
dc.subjectEnergy Metabolism-
dc.subjectOpossums-
dc.subjectOxygen Consumption-
dc.subjectPulmonary Ventilation-
dc.subjectWater Loss, Insensible-
dc.subjectDidelphidae-
dc.subjectDidelphimorphia-
dc.subjectEutheria-
dc.subjectGracilinanus agilis-
dc.subjectMarmosa-
dc.subjectMetatheria-
dc.titleMetabolic, ventilatory, and hygric physiology of the gracile mouse opossum (Gracilinanus agilis)en
dc.typeoutro-
dc.contributor.institutionCurtin University of Technology-
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of Western Australia-
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)-
dc.description.affiliationCentre of Ecosystem Diversity and Dynamics Department of Environmental Biology Curtin University of Technology, P.O. Box U1987, WA 6845-
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Zoology School of Animal Biology University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009-
dc.description.affiliationDepartmento de Zoologia Universidade Estadual Paulista, Avenida 24-A, Bela Vista, Rio Claro, 13506-960 São Paulo-
dc.description.affiliationUnespDepartmento de Zoologia Universidade Estadual Paulista, Avenida 24-A, Bela Vista, Rio Claro, 13506-960 São Paulo-
dc.identifier.doi10.1086/595967-
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito-
dc.relation.ispartofPhysiological and Biochemical Zoology-
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-62549090239-
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