Hummingbirds arrest their kidneys at night: Diel variation in glomerular filtration rate in Selasphorus platycercus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 25, 2004, Pages 4383-4391

  Bakken, Bradley Hartman ^a   McWhorter, Todd J ^b   Tsahar, Ella ^c   Martínez Del Rio, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Glomerular filtration rate; Glomerular intermittency; Hummingbird; Nectarivory; Phylogenetically independent contrast; Renal fractional water reabsorption; Selasphorus platycercus

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; WATER; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

AVES; GLOMERULUS; PLATYCERCUS; SELASPHORUS; SELASPHORUS PLATYCERCUS; TROCHILIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11444261727     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01238     Document Type: Article

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