Diet and habitat aridity affect osmoregulatory physiology: An intraspecific field study along environmental gradients in the Rufous-collared sparrow

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 322-326

  Sabat, Pablo ^a,b   Gonzalez Vejares, Sandra ^a   Maldonado, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aridity; Kidney; Osmoregulation; Passerines; Urine

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEHYDRATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HABITAT; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SIZE; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; SPARROW; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE OSMOLALITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIDAE; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 61349185068     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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