title: [The characteristics of water metabolism and the resistance to dehydration of representatives of the family of mustelids (Carnivora: Mustelidae)].
abstract: Food consumption, total water intake, urine volume and concentration, and water content in feces were determined under the conditions of free access to drinking water and in its absence in some mustelids that inhabit territories with different water accessibility: Mustela putorius, M. eversmanni, M. lutreola, and M. vison. Specific features of water metabolism and resistance to dehydration in the studied species corresponded fairly well to differences in their ecology.
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Sokolov
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Meshcherskiĭ
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Rozhnov
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Naĭdenko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002335:Carnivora / Q000502:physiology*; D003681:Dehydration / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004231:Diuresis; D004326:Drinking; D004463:Ecology; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008907:Mink; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014867:Water
vernacular_title: Osobennosti vodnogo obmena i ustoĭchivost' k degidratatsii u nekotorykh prestaviteleĭ semeĭstva kun'ikh (Carnivora: Mustelidae).