Coping with salt without salt glands: Osmoregulatory plasticity in three species of coastal songbirds (ovenbirds) of the genus Cinclodes (Passeriformes: Furnariidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 415-420

  Sabat, Pablo ^a   Maldonado, Karin ^a   Rivera Hutinel, Antonio ^b   Farfan, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Coastal environments; Osmoregulation; Passerines; Renal function

Indexed keywords

EID: 3542990916     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-004-0428-2     Document Type: Article

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