Skin resistance to evaporative water loss in viperid snakes: Habitat aridity versus taxonomic status

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Dmi'El, Razi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cutaneous water loss; Habitat aridity; Skin resistance; Snakes; Viperidae

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EVAPORATION; NONHUMAN; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SNAKE; TAXONOMY; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; WATER LOSS;

EID: 0031756254     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)10080-6     Document Type: Article

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