Urea recycling in muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus): A potential nitrogen-conserving tactic?

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 222-229

  Campbell, Kevin L ^a   MacArthur, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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ONDATRA ZIBETHICA;

EID: 0031104694     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639582     Document Type: Article

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