C E Cooper

Summary

Affiliation: University of Western Australia
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Metabolic physiology of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
    C E Cooper
    Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia, Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
    J Comp Physiol B 172:669-75. 2002
  2. ncbi Biophysical properties of the pelt of a diurnal marsupial, the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), and its role in thermoregulation
    C E Cooper
    Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
    J Exp Biol 206:2771-7. 2003
  3. ncbi Field metabolic rate and water turnover of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
    C E Cooper
    Zoology, School of Animal Biology M092, University of Western Australia, Stirling Highway, 6009 Crawley, WA, Australia
    J Comp Physiol B 173:687-93. 2003
  4. ncbi Ventilatory physiology of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
    C E Cooper
    Zoology, School of Animal Biology M092, University of Western Australia, 6009 Crawley, WA, Australia
    J Comp Physiol B 174:107-11. 2004
  5. ncbi Metabolic, ventilatory and hygric physiology of the chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii; Marsupialia, Dasyuridae)
    S Schmidt
    Zoology, School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
    Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 154:92-7. 2009
  6. ncbi Environmental physiology of a small marsupial inhabiting arid floodplains
    L Warnecke
    Centre for Behavioural and Physiological Ecology, Zoology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, 2351, Australia
    Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 157:73-8. 2010
  7. ncbi Environmental correlates of physiological variables in marsupials
    P C Withers
    Zoology, School of Animal Biology M092, University of Western Australia, Crawley
    Physiol Biochem Zool 79:437-53. 2006
  8. ncbi Termite digestibility and water and energy contents determine the water economy index of numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus) and other myrmecophages
    C E Cooper
    Zoology, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Austrialia 6009, Australia
    Physiol Biochem Zool 77:641-50. 2004
  9. ncbi Effect of torpor on the water economy of an arid-zone marsupial, the stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura)
    C E Cooper
    Centre for Behavioural and Physiological Ecology, Zoology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia
    J Comp Physiol B 175:323-8. 2005
  10. ncbi Numbats and aardwolves--how low is low? A re-affirmation of the need for statistical rigour in evaluating regression predictions
    C E Cooper
    Department of Environmental Biology, Curtin University of Technology, P O Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
    J Comp Physiol B 176:623-9. 2006

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Metabolic physiology of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
    C E Cooper
    Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia, Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
    J Comp Physiol B 172:669-75. 2002
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  2. ncbi Biophysical properties of the pelt of a diurnal marsupial, the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus), and its role in thermoregulation
    C E Cooper
    Department of Zoology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
    J Exp Biol 206:2771-7. 2003
    ..5-3.6 times resting metabolic heat production for the numbat at ambient temperatures of 15-32.5 degrees C, so radiative heat gain is probably an important aspect of thermoregulation for wild numbats...
  3. ncbi Field metabolic rate and water turnover of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
    C E Cooper
    Zoology, School of Animal Biology M092, University of Western Australia, Stirling Highway, 6009 Crawley, WA, Australia
    J Comp Physiol B 173:687-93. 2003
    ..Habitat and phylogenetic influences on BMR and FMR appear to have pre-adapted the numbat to a low-energy termitivorous niche...
  4. ncbi Ventilatory physiology of the numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus)
    C E Cooper
    Zoology, School of Animal Biology M092, University of Western Australia, 6009 Crawley, WA, Australia
    J Comp Physiol B 174:107-11. 2004
    ..Minute volume at 10 degrees C increased more by changes in ventilation frequency (up to 45.5+/-4.85 breaths min(-1)) than tidal volume (9.4+/-1.03 ml, BTPS), as is also typical for a small-medium sized marsupial...
  5. ncbi Metabolic, ventilatory and hygric physiology of the chuditch (Dasyurus geoffroii; Marsupialia, Dasyuridae)
    S Schmidt
    Zoology, School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
    Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 154:92-7. 2009
    ..Chuditch were physiologically more similar to marsupials from arid rather than mesic habitats, better reflecting their historical distribution than their current geographical range...
  6. ncbi Environmental physiology of a small marsupial inhabiting arid floodplains
    L Warnecke
    Centre for Behavioural and Physiological Ecology, Zoology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, 2351, Australia
    Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 157:73-8. 2010
    ..Our study suggests that torpor use, along with behavioural adaptations, suffice for P. gilesi to live underground in arid habitats without further physiological adaptations...
  7. ncbi Environmental correlates of physiological variables in marsupials
    P C Withers
    Zoology, School of Animal Biology M092, University of Western Australia, Crawley
    Physiol Biochem Zool 79:437-53. 2006
    ..The allometric slope for EWL was 0.68-0.73. EWL residuals were consistently correlated with rainfall variability, presumably facilitating maintenance of water balance during dry periods...
  8. ncbi Termite digestibility and water and energy contents determine the water economy index of numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus) and other myrmecophages
    C E Cooper
    Zoology, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Austrialia 6009, Australia
    Physiol Biochem Zool 77:641-50. 2004
    ..A high WEI preadapts myrmecophages to survival in arid environments without having to drink...
  9. ncbi Effect of torpor on the water economy of an arid-zone marsupial, the stripe-faced dunnart (Sminthopsis macroura)
    C E Cooper
    Centre for Behavioural and Physiological Ecology, Zoology, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales 2351, Australia
    J Comp Physiol B 175:323-8. 2005
    ..The relative water economy (EWL/MWP) of the dunnarts was unfavourable, remaining >1 at all T(a) investigated, and did not improve with torpor. Thus torpor in stripe-faced dunnarts results in absolute, but not relative, water savings...
  10. ncbi Numbats and aardwolves--how low is low? A re-affirmation of the need for statistical rigour in evaluating regression predictions
    C E Cooper
    Department of Environmental Biology, Curtin University of Technology, P O Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
    J Comp Physiol B 176:623-9. 2006
    ..We conclude that a formal statistical approach is essential, although it is difficult to demonstrate that a single species statistically differs from a regression relationship for other species...
  11. ncbi Allometry of evaporative water loss in marsupials: implications of the effect of ambient relative humidity on the physiology of brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula)
    C E Cooper
    Centre for Ecosystem Diversity and Dynamics in the Department of Environmental Biology, Curtin University of Technology, PO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, 6845
    J Exp Biol 211:2759-66. 2008
    ..Chamber RH is an important environmental factor to be considered when measuring standard physiological variables such as MR and Cwet...