Temperature regulation in the tortoise Testudo hermanni, studied with indwelling probes

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-102

  Huot Daubremont, C ^a   Grenot, C ^a   Bradshaw, D ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THERMOREGULATION; TORTOISE;

FRANCE;

TESTUDO HERMANNI;

EID: 0030427089     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853896X00135     Document Type: Article

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