Standard and maximal metabolic rates of goannas (Squamata: Varanidae)

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-323

  Thompson, Graham G ^a,b   Withers, Philip C ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0031142023     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639605     Document Type: Article

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