Gastrointestinal and renal responses to water intake in the green-backed firecrown (Sephanoides sephanoides), a South American hummingbird

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Bakken, Bradley Hartman ^a   Sabat, Pablo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Glomerular filtration rate; Glomerular intermittency; Osmoregulation; Renal water reabsorption; Water turnover

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WATER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT FUNCTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURNOVER TIME; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER LOADING; WATER LOSS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY; MALE; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 33748448491     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00137.2006     Document Type: Article

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