Altitudinal effects on water fluxes of deer mice: A physiological application of structural equation modeling with latent variables

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 509-531

  Hayes, Jack P ^a   Shonkwiler, J Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 0000824083     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/physzool.69.3.30164213     Document Type: Article

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