Physiological diversity in tolerance to water deprivation among species of South American desert rodents

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 427-442

  Bozinovic, F ^a   Cruz Neto, A P ^b   Cortes A ^c   Diaz, G B ^d   Ojeda, R A ^d   Giannoni, S M ^d,e  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c Facultad de Ciencias   (Chile)

^d LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Body mass balance; Geographic comparisons; Physiological tolerances; Water economy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY MASS; DESERT; FITNESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; TOLERANCE; WATER BUDGET; WATER ECONOMICS;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; MONTE DESERT; SOUTH AMERICA;

RODENTIA;

EID: 34248330447     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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