The thermal biology of digestion in rubber boas (Charina bottae): Physiology, behavior, and environmental constraints

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 292-300

  Dorcas, Michael E ^a,b   Peterson, Charles R ^a   Flint, Mary E T ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGESTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; RUBBER BOA; THERMOREGULATION;

CHARINA BOTTAE;

EID: 0031141996     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639601     Document Type: Article

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