Post-hibernation excretion of glucose in urine of the freeze tolerant frog Rana sylvatica

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-87

  Layne Jr , Jack R ^a   Lee Jr , Richard E ^b   Cutwa, Michele M ^c  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 0030424749     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1564715     Document Type: Article

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