Water balance and arginine vasotocin in the cocooning frog Cyclorana platycephala (Hylidae)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-53

  Cartledge, Victoria A ^a   Withers, Philip C ^a   Bradshaw, S Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCOON; ESTIVATION; FROG; WATER BUDGET;

ANURA; CYCLORANA PLATYCEPHALA; HYLIDAE;

ARGIPRESTOCIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FROGS AND TOADS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANURA; ESTIVATION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; VASOTOCIN; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 38749089105     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523856     Document Type: Article

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