Temperature and the tropical tortoise Kinixys spekii: Constraints on activity level and body temperature

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 240, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 523-536

  Hailey, A ^a,c   Coulson, I M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Sengwa Wildlife Research Institute   (Zimbabwe)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINIXYS SPEKII;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE; TORTOISE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030302408     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05303.x     Document Type: Article

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