Comparative reproductive and physiological responses of northern bobwhite and scaled quail to water deprivation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 781-786

  Giuliano, William M ^a,b   Patiño, Reynaldo ^a   Lutz, R Scott ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Kidney mass; Northern bobwhite; Osmoregulation; Physiology; Quail; Reproduction; Scaled quail; Water deprivation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE; KIDNEY MASS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLALITY; QUAIL; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALIA; CALLIPEPLA SQUAMATA; COLINUS VIRGINIANUS; PHASIANIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032033544     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)01015-0     Document Type: Article

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