Differences in ingestive balance of two populations of neotropical Thrichomys apereoides (Rodentia, Echimyidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 327-332

  Mendes, Lys A Favaroni ^a   Rocha, Pedro L B ^b   Ribeiro, Martim F S ^a   Perry, Steven F ^c   Spinelli Oliveira, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Caatinga; Echimyidae; Ingestive behavior; Neotropics; Punar ; Rodents; Semi arid; Spineless spine rats; Thrichomys apereoides

Indexed keywords

RAIN; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANURIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; INGESTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; RODENT; URINE VOLUME; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALIA; ECHIMYIDAE; RODENTIA; THRICHOMYS; THRICHOMYS APEREOIDES;

EID: 4143066904     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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