Cutaneous water loss and lipids of the stratum corneum in house sparrows Passer domesticus from arid and mesic environments

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 3689-3700

  Muñoz Garcia, Agustí ^a   Williams, Joseph B ^a  

^a Aronoff Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous water loss; Desert; House sparrow; Lipid; Passer domesticus; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDERMIS; HUMIDITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SAUDI ARABIA; SPARROW; THERMOREGULATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CLIMATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPIDERMIS; HUMIDITY; LIPIDS; OHIO; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SPARROWS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 27644472514     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01811     Document Type: Article

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