Energetic consequences of field body temperatures in the green iguana

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 297-307

  Van Marken Lichtenbelt, Wouter D ^a   Vogel, Jacob T ^b   Wesselingh, Renate A ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energetics; Field body temperature; Iguana iguana; Lizard; Operative environmental temperature; Temperature telemetry; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGETICS; GREEN IGUANA;

CURACAO;

IGUANA IGUANA;

EID: 0030788695     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0297:ECOFBT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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