Water and sodium requirements of field populations of house mice (Mus domesticus) and short-tailed mice (Leggadina lakedownensis) on Thevenard Island, in the arid Pilbara region of Western Australia

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 419-428

  Moro, D ^a,b   Bradshaw, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Dept of Conserv and Land Mgmt ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Desert; Ecophysiology; Rodent; Turnover

Indexed keywords

LEGGADINA LAKEDOWNENSIS; MUS DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0033198872     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050238     Document Type: Article

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