A comparative study of the relation between heating rates and ambient temperatures in lacertid lizards

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1359-1383

  Díaz, José A ^a,b   Bauwens, Dirk ^b   Asensio, Benigno ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING RATE; LIZARD; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

LACERTIDAE;

EID: 0030301879     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/physzool.69.6.30164264     Document Type: Article

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