Dermal photoreceptors regulate basking behavior in the lizard Podarcis muralis

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 195-198

  Tosini, Gianluca ^a,b   Avery, Roger A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral thermoregulation; Extra retinal photoreception; Lizard; Nonvisual photoreception; Photic response; Podarcis muralis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0030049461     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02040-3     Document Type: Article

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