Osmoregulation in Birds

Osmoregulation in Birds

by E. Skadhauge

Series: Zoophysiology (Volume 12)

Publisher: Springer; 1st ed. 1981

ISBN-10: 3642815871

ISBN-13: 978-3642815874

203 pages

• Intake of Water and Sodium Chloride

• Uptake Through the Gut

• Evaporation

• Function of the Kidney

• Function of the Cloaca

• Function of the Salt Gland

• Interaction Among the Excretory Organs.

• A Brief Survey of Hormones and Osmoregulation

• Problems of Life in the Desert, of Migration, and of Egg-Laying

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