Osmoregulation and adaptive radiation in the ovenbird genus Cinclodes (Passeriformes: Furnariidae)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 799-805

  Sabat, P ^a,b   Maldonado, K ^a   Canals, M ^a   Del Rio, C Martinez ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Kidney; Marine birds; Renal function; Salt

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; HABITAT SELECTION; OSMOREGULATION; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AVES; CINCLODES; FURNARIIDAE; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 33748437082     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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