Ecological and evolutionary physiology of desert birds: A progress report

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-75

  Williams, Joseph B ^a   Tieleman, B Irene ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALAUDIDAE; AVES; RODENTIA; UPUPA EPOPS;

EID: 0036464108     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.1.68     Document Type: Conference Paper

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