Field metabolic rate and water flux in free-living Bibron's agama (Agama impalearis, Boettger, 1874) in Morocco

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-88

  Znari, Mohammed ^a   Nagy, Kenneth A ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Desert reptile; Diet; Doubly labeled water; Energy metabolism; Feeding rate; Food requirement; Rainfall effect; Water metabolism

Indexed keywords

AGAMA IMPALEARIS;

EID: 0030908096     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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