Regulation of water and sodium balance in the field by Australian honeyeaters (Aves: Meliphagidae)

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 214-225

  Goldstein, David L ^a   Bradshaw, S Donald ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0032031094     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515909     Document Type: Article

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