Effects of altitude and temperature on organ phenotypic plasticity along an altitudinal gradient

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1991-2000

  Hammond, Kimberly A ^a   Szewczak, Joe ^a   Król, Elzbieta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Deer mouse; Heart mass; Hypoxia; Lung mass; Peromyscus maniculatus sonoriensis; Phenotypic plasticity; Small intestine mass; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PEROMYSCUS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART; HEMATOCRIT; LUNG; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PEROMYSCUS; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 0035746204     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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