Water relations of the burrowing sandhill frog, Arenophryne rotunda (Myobatrachidae)

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

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-302

  Cartledge, V A ^a   Withers, P C ^a   Thompson, G G ^b   McMaster, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid; Dehydration; Osmolality; Rehydration; Soil water potential

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FROGS AND TOADS; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY WATER; OSMOSIS; SOIL; WATER; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

ANURA; ARENOPHRYNE; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 33645791085     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-005-0051-x     Document Type: Article

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