Author: BARKER, S. & Main A.R. et.. al.
Title: Studies on Marsupials Volume II - 1957 - 1961. University of Western Australia Zoology Department.
Description: Various Journals. Hardcover. No dj. Ex-library, twenty-one reprints from various journals bound into plain hardcovers, rubbed spine label, type-written contents page with article numbers penned to top RH corner of each article, odd small marks to covers, otherwise good (no markings to text). B/W photos and illus. Includes articles on Recent Capture of the Quokka (Setonix Brachyurus) on the Mainland (BARKER, MAIN and SALEIR); Variations in the ERYTHrocyte Potassium and Sodium in the Possum, Trichosurus vulpecula (BARKER); Studies oon Marsupial Nutrition II. The Rite of Passage of Food Residues and Digestibility of Crude Fibre and Protein by the Quokka, Setonix Brachyurus (Quoy & Gaimard) (CALABY); Physiology of the Quokka (BARKER & BARKER); Rottnest Field Studies Concerned with the Quokka (SHIELD); Recent Studies on Marsupial Ecology (MAIN, SHIELD & WARING); Effect of Inorganic Sulphate on Molybdenum Excretion by a Marsupial (BARKER); Evaporative Water Loss and Temperature Regulation in the Marsupial Setonyx Bracyurus (BENTLEY); Delayed Birth in Marsupial Macropods - the Euro, the Tammar and the Marloo (SADLEIR & SHIELD); Delayed Birth in a Hill-Kangaroo, the Euro (Macropus Robustus) (SADLEIR & SHIELD); Gestation Time for Delayed Birth in the Quokka (SHIELD & WOOLLEY); Properties of the Erythrocytes of Two Marsupials: the Brush-tail Possum, Trichosurus Vulpecula (Kerr) and the Quokka (Setonix Brachyurus (Quoy and Gaimard)) (BARKER); The Metabolism of Carbohydrate and Volatile Faty Acids in the Marsupial, Setonix Brachyurus (BARKER); Studies on Mrsupial Nutrition III The Copper-Molybdenum-Inorganic Sulphate Interaction in the Rottnest Quokka, Setonix Brachyurus (Quoy & Gaimard) (BARKER); Copper, Molybdenum and Inorganic Sulphate Levels in Rottnest Plants (BARKER); Some Preliminary Experiments in Adrenal Function During Seasonal Stresses in a Wild Marsupial (Setonix Brachyurus) (HERRICK); The Occurrence of Macropodidae on Islands and its Climatic and Ecological Implications (MAIN); The Development of Certian External Characters in the Young of the Macropod Marsupial Setonix Brachyurus (SHIELD); Age Estimation by Measurement of Pouch Young of the Quokka (Setonix Brachyurus) (SHIELD & WOOLLEY); Microscopic Analysis of Faeces, a Technique for Ascertaining the Diet of Herbivorous Mammals (STORR); Myopathy Affecting the Rottnest Quokka (BAKAKULAS).

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