Wiping behavior, skin resistance, and the metabolic response to dehydration in the arboreal frog Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1058-1068

  Gomez, Nadia A ^a   Acosta, Michelle ^a   Zaidan III, Frederic ^b   Lillywhite, Harvey B ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY CONDITION; DEHYDRATION; FROG; LIPID; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SECRETION; SKIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FROGS AND TOADS; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DEHYDRATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SKIN; WATER;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; PHYLLOMEDUSA HYPOCHONDRIALIS;

EID: 33750926992     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507659     Document Type: Article

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