Seasonal changes in the preferred body temperature, cardiovascular, and respiratory responses to hypoxia in the toad, Bufo paracnemis

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 289, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 359-365

  Bícego Nahas, Kênia Cardoso ^a   Gargaglioni, Luciane Helena ^a   Branco, Luiz Guilherme Siqueira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TOAD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BUFONIDAE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; SEASONS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO PARACNEMIS;

EID: 0342526193     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1017     Document Type: Article

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