Comparative water metabolism of Barrow Island macropodid marsupials: Hormonal versus behavioural-dependent mechanisms of body water conservation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 378-385

  King, J M ^a   Bradshaw, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADH; Behaviour; Desert; Lysine vasopressin; Marsupial; Water turnover

Indexed keywords

LYPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETTONGIA LESUEUR; BODY WATER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; LAGORCHESTES CONSPICILLATUS; LOW TEMPERATURE; MACROPUS ROBUSTUS ISABELLINUS; MALE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PETROGALE LATERALIS; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; URINE OSMOLALITY; VASOPRESSIN BLOOD LEVEL; WATER METABOLISM;

EID: 37549060312     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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