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Mugaas, J. N., J. Seidensticker, and K. Mahlke-Johnson. Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon _Procyon lotor_ and Other Procyonidae. _Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology_, number 542, 34 pages, 8 figures, 12 tables, 1993.--Although the family Procyon...
Our general hypothesis was that whereas most contemporary procyonids have retained the metabolic characteristics of their warm-adapted ancestors, _Procyon lotor_ possesses a dif...
5. Part 5+------------------------------------------------ | Species | References ---------------------+------------------------------------------------ _Procyon lotor_ | Dunn and Chapma...
3. Part 3Values of oxygen consumption, evaporative water loss, and body temperature were plotted as a function of chamber air temperature. Linear regressions of oxygen consumption at tem...
4. Part 4Body temperature, evaporative water loss, and metabolic data indicated that, in winter, T_{uc} was very close to 35 deg.C. In winter, the lowest level of oxygen consumption was...
6. Part 6In hot environments mammals depend on behavior to minimize their thermal load (escape to shaded or cooler microclimates, use posture and orientation to wind and sun, restrict ac...
7. Part 7Genus _Procyon_ appears in the fossil record (Hemphillian and Blancan ages; Baskin, 1982) prior to Pleistocene glaciations. During the Pleistocene, there were four different gla...
1. Part 1Mugaas, J. N., J. Seidensticker, and K. Mahlke-Johnson. Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon _Procyon lotor_ and Other Procyonidae. _Smithsonian Contr...
8. Part 81981. Annual Variation of Daily Energy Expenditure by the Black-billed Magpie: A Study of Thermal and Behavioral Energetics. _Studies in Avian Biology_, 5: viii + 78 pages, 14 f...