Water balance and locomotor performance in three species of neotropical toads that differ in geographical distribution

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-135

  Titon Jr , Braz ^a   Navas, Carlos Arturo ^b   Jim, Jorge ^a   Gomes, Fernando Ribeiro ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anura; Dehydration effects; Evaporative water loss; Jumping ability; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FLUID BALANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LOCOMOTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SPRING; TOAD; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT; WINTER;

ANURA; ICTERICA;

EID: 77549085740     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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