Daily and seasonal rhythms in selected body temperatures in the Australian lizard Tiliqua rugosa (scincidae): Field and laboratory observations

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-311

  Firth, Bruce T ^a   Belan, Ingrid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLEEPY LIZARD;

AUSTRALIA;

TILIQUA RUGOSA;

EID: 0032077240     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515919     Document Type: Article

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