Renal morphology, phylogenetic history and desert adaptation of South American hystricognath rodents

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 609-620

  Diaz, G B ^a   Ojeda, R A ^a   Rezende, E L ^b  

^a LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comparative method; Kidney; Precipitation; Temperature; Water conservation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; RODENT;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; HYSTRICOGNATHI; RODENTIA;

EID: 33745842232     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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