The mechanisms and ecology of water balance in hummingbirds

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages 501-509

  Bakken, Bradley Hartman ^a   Sabat, Pablo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Evaporative water loss; Glomerular filtration rate; Hummingbird; Nectarivory; Osmoregulation; Renal function

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349087437     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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