Physiological acclimation of a desert antelope, Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), to long-term food and water restriction

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-201

  Ostrowski, Stéphane ^a,d   Williams, Joseph B ^b   Mésochina, Pascal ^a,e   Sauerwein, Helga ^c  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Antelope; Arid environments; Phenotypic plasticity; Resting metabolic rate; Total evaporative water loss

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DESERT CLIMATE; DIGESTION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; BODY WEIGHT; DESERT CLIMATE; DIGESTION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYX; ORYX LEUCORYX; UNGULATA;

EID: 33644627814     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0040-0     Document Type: Article

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