Cutaneous and respiratory water loss in larks from arid and mesic environments

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 590-599

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BIRD; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

ALAEMON ALAUDIPES; ALAUDA; ALAUDA ARVENSIS; ALAUDIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; EREMALAUDA DUNNI; LULLULA ARBOREA; PASSERI; UPUPA EPOPS;

EID: 0036872922     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344491     Document Type: Article

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