Excretory organ growth and implications for salt tolerance in hatchling American avocets Recurvirostra americana

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-15

  Rubega, Margaret A ^a,b   Oring, Lewis W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXCRETION; OSMOREGULATION; SALINITY TOLERANCE; WADER;

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342269451     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03126.x     Document Type: Article

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