Behavioural oxy-regulation by cold-submerged frogs in heterogeneous oxygen environments

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 843-850

  Tattersall, Glenn J ^a,b   Boutilier, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FROG; HYPOXIA; OVERWINTERING;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; OXY; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033306592     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-049     Document Type: Article

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