Daily body temperature variation in free-ranging rubber boas

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 88-103

  Dorcas, Michael E ^a,b   Peterson, Charles R ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Body temperature; Body temperature pattern; Charina bottae; Nocturnal activity; Operative temperature; Physical environment; Radiotelemetry; Reproductive condition; Thermal constraint; Thermal utilization

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; RUBBER BOA; TEMPERATURE REGULATION; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHARINA BOTTAE;

EID: 0031943519     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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