
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wallis, IR 
A1  - Green, B 
T1  - Seasonal Field Energetics of the Rufous Rat-Kangaroo (Aepyprymnus-Rufescens)
JF  - Australian Journal of Zoology
JO  - Aust. J. Zool.
Y1  - 1992
VL  - 40
IS  - 3
SP  - 279
EP  - 290
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9920279 
N2  - Water flux and field metabolic rate (FMR) were measured by the doubly labelled water (DLW) method in free-living male and female rufous rat-kangaroos Aepyprymnus rufescens near Drake in northern New South Wales. The mean FMR of 499 kJ kg-1 day-1 was similar in winter and summer even though the difference in mean minimum temperatures between the two seasons was 20-degrees-C. Furthermore, we did not find any differences in FMR between males and females even though several females carried large pouch young or had young-at-foot. A poor understanding of the diet and the behavioural ecology of A. rufescens makes ft difficult to explain the similarities between sexes and seasons. 
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