Metabolic and ventilatory responses to hypoxia in two altitudinal populations of the toad, Bufo bankorensis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 413-421

  Hou, Ping Chun Lucy ^a   Huang, Shu Ping ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Altitude; Amphibian; Anuran; Heart rate; Hypoxia; Oxygen consumption; Pneumotachography; Temperature; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HYPOXIA; INSPIRATORY RESERVE VOLUME; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO BANKORENSIS;

EID: 0033429275     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(99)00133-6     Document Type: Article

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