Water conservation in the South American desert mouse opossum, Thylamys pusilla (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 323-330

  Diaz, Gabriela B ^a   Ojeda, Ricardo A ^a   Dacar, Mariana ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arid habitat; Insectivorous mammals; Kidney; Maximum urine concentration; New World marsupial; Renal indices; Urine osmolarity; Water availability; Water intake

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HUNGER; INSECTIVORE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PAPILLA; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; OSMOLARITY; PHYLOGENY; RODENT; WATER RETENTION;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; FELIS CATUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MAMMALIA; MARMOSA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA; THYLAMYS PUSILLA;

EID: 0034851362     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00397-X     Document Type: Article

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