La Tour du Valat

Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Excretory organ growth and implications for salt tolerance in hatchling American avocets Recurvirostra americana
Auteurs :	M. A. Rubega, Auteur ; L. W. Oring, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Journal of Avian Biology (35(1) JAN 2004)
Article en page(s) :	13-15
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	The role of salt glands in avian osmoregulation has been widely studied. Acclimation to saline habitats in aquatic birds involves increases in the relative size and complexity of the salt glands, and it is generally agreed that salt gland size varies as a function of salt loading, and is broadly correlated with habitat salinity We report here salt gland sizes in three age classes of American avocet Recurvirostra americana chicks. Mean relative (mg/g body mass) salt gland masses for newly hatched (

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