New observations on urine contents in water-deprived Negev Desert rodents

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 941-945

  Korine, Carmi ^a   Vatnick, Itzick ^b   Van Tets, Ian G ^a,c   Pinshow, Berry ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BODY FLUIDS; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

URINE;

ECOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; DESERT; RODENT; URINE; WATER STRESS;

ISRAEL;

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; CRICETOMYINAE; DASYURUS; GERBILLINAE; GERBILLUS ANDERSONI; GERBILLUS DASYURUS; GERBILLUS PYRAMIDUM; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0043072822     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-067     Document Type: Article

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