The role of hyperthermia in the water economy of desert birds

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-100

  Irene Tieleman, B ^a   Williams, Joseph B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BODY TEMPERATURE; WATER ECONOMICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY CONSTITUTION; CLIMATE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEVER; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CLIMATE; FEVER; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0032828310     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316640     Document Type: Article

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