Cutaneous water loss and lipids of the stratum corneum in dusky antbirds, a lowland tropical bird

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-66

  Muñoz Garcia, Agustí ^a   Williams, Joseph B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercomacra tyrannina; Cutaneous water loss; Dusky Antbird; Lipids; Lowland rain forest; Panama; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AVES; CERCOMACRA TYRANNINA;

EID: 33847205042     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[59:CWLALO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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