Energy and water tunrover rates of a free-living and captive goanna, Varanus caudolineatus (Lacertilia: Varanidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-111

  Thompson, G G ^a,b   Bradshaw, S D ^b   Withers, P C ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; field metabolic rate; goanna; lizard; Varanus caudolineatus; water turnover

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER TRANSPORT;

VARANUS CAUDOLINEATUS;

EID: 0031080843     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00159-4     Document Type: Article

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