Effects of foraging mode and season on the energetics of the Marine Iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 493-499

  Drent, J ^a,e   Van Marken Lichtenbelt, W D ^b   Wikelski, M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^e ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Daily energy expenditure; Doubly labelled water; Galapagos; Temperature; Water flux

Indexed keywords

ENERGY USE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; REPTILE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

AMBLYRHYNCHUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 0032842935     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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