Water balance in neonate and juvenile desert tortoises, Gopherus agassizii

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 15, 2001, Pages 158-170

  Wilson, Dawn S ^a,e   Nagy, Kenneth A ^b   Tracy, C Richard ^a   Morafka, David J ^c   Yates, Rebecca A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burrow refuge; Dehydration; Doubly labeled water; Evaporation; Gopherus agassizii; Hibernation; Humidity effect; Juvenile; Neonate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037735595     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2307/1467042     Document Type: Article

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