The influence of thermoregulation on behavioural recovery from exercise in a lizard

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 723-728

  Wagner, E L ^a   Gleeson, T T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipsosaurus dorsalis; Exercise; Fatigue; Temperature; Thermoregulatory behaviour

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; LIZARD; RECOVRY; THERMOREGULATON;

ANIMALIA; DIPSOSAURUS DORSALIS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031415790     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00146.x     Document Type: Article

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