Effects of body mass, temperature, and season on resting metabolism of the nocturnal gecko Hemidactylus flaviviridis

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-86

  Zari, Talal A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; Energy budget; Hemidactylus flaviviridis; Physiology; Saudi Arabia; Winter and summer acclimatization

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GECKO; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

HEMIDACTYLUS FLAVIVIRIDIS;

EID: 0031438832     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.1997.10637707     Document Type: Article

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