Morphology of the kidney in a nectarivorous bird, the Anna's hummingbird Calypte anna

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-184

  Casotti, G ^a   Beuchat, C A ^b   Braun, E J ^c  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calypte anna; Hummingbird; Kidney; Nephron; Renal morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031953873     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836998002039     Document Type: Article

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