Thermoregulation in a lacertid lizard: The relative contributions of distinct behavioral mechanisms

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1818-1830

  Bauwens, Dirk ^a   Hertz, Paul E ^b   Castilla, Aurora M ^c,d  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b Barnard College of Columbia University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity times; Basking; Behavioral thermoregulation; Body temperatures; Diel variation; Lacertidae; Microsite selection; Operative temperatures; Podarcis hispanica

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001067884     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265786     Document Type: Article

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