Are day-active small mammals rare and small birds abundant in Australian desert environments because small mammals are inferior thermoregulators? Withers, P.C, Cooper, C.E. and Buttemer, W. A. 2004, Are day-active small mammals rare and small birds abundant in Australian desert environments because small mammals are inferior thermoregulators?, Australian mammalogy, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 117-124, doi: 10.1071/AM04117. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Are day-active small mammals rare and small birds abundant in Australian desert environments because small mammals are inferior thermoregulators? Author(s) Withers, P.C Cooper, C.E. Buttemer, W. A. Journal name Australian mammalogy Volume number 26 Issue number 2 Start page 117 End page 124 Publisher CSIRO Publishing Place of publication Collingwood, Vic. Publication date 2004 ISSN 0310-0049 1836-7402 Keyword(s) desert rodents marsupials bats nocturnal diurnal activity birds mobility Summary Small desert birds are typically diurnal and highly mobile (hence conspicuous) whereas small non-volant mammals are generally nocturnal and less mobile (hence inconspicuous). Birds are more mobile than terrestrial mammals on a local and geographic scale, and most desert birds are not endemic but simply move to avoid the extremes of desert conditions. Many small desert mammals are relatively sedentary and regularly use physiological adjustments to cope with their desert environment (e.g., aestivation or hibernation). It seems likely that prey activity patterns and reduced conspicuousness to predators have reinforced nocturnality in small desert mammals. Differences such as nocturnality and mobility simply reflect differing life-history traits of birds and mammals rather than being a direct result of their differences in physiological capacity for tolerating daytime desert conditions. Language eng DOI 10.1071/AM04117 Field of Research 060299 Ecology not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2004, CSIRO Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30020922 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Life and Environmental Sciences Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 16 Nov 2009, 06:53:01 EST Tue, 17 Nov 2009, 14:44:25 EST Tue, 17 Nov 2009, 14:46:21 EST Wed, 18 Nov 2009, 08:22:41 EST Fri, 29 Jul 2011, 10:05:46 EST Fri, 10 Jan 2014, 08:31:20 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 13:35:37 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 524 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 16 Nov 2009, 06:53:01 EST

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