The role of the nasal passages in the water economy of crested larks and desert larks

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-226

  Tieleman, B Irene ^a   Williams, Joseph B ^b   Michaeli, Gilead ^c   Pinshow, Berry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENVIRONMENT; NOSE CAVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; NASAL CAVITY; RESPIRATION; SONGBIRDS; TEMPERATURE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0033364452     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316658     Document Type: Article

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