Renal anatomy in sparrows from different environments

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 243, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 283-291

  Casotti, Giovanni ^a   Braun, Eldon J ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Bird; Kidney; Medulla; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY; MALE; SONGBIRD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SONGBIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELOSPIZA MELODIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERI; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 0034161822     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200003)243:3<283::AID-JMOR5>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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