Habitat and phylogeny influence salinity discrimination in crocodilians: implications for osmoregulatory physiology and historical biogeography

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 371-383

  Jackson, Kate ^a,b   Butler, David G ^a   Brooks, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biogeography; Crocodialia; Eusuchia; evolution; marine adaption; osmoregulation; physiology

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATORINAE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); EUSUCHIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0029862145     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1996.0042     Document Type: Article

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