Kidney structure and allometry of Argentine desert rodents

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 453-461

  Diaz, Gabriela B ^a   Ojeda, Ricardo A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arid habitats; Body size; Murids; Octodontids; Renal morphology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLOMETRY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT;

ARGENTINA;

ANDALGALOMYS; CALOMYS; ELIGMODONTIA; OCTODONTOMYS GLIROIDES; OCTOMYS MIMAX; SALINOMYS; TYMPANOCTOMYS BARRERAE;

EID: 0032775796     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1998.0472     Document Type: Article

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