The roles of acidosis and lactate in the behavioral hypothermia of exhausted lizards

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-331

  Wagner, Erica L ^a,b   Scholnick, David A ^a   Gleeson, Todd T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Behaviour; Dipsosaurus dorsalis; Exercise; Hypothermia; Lactate; Lizard

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXERCISE; HYPOTHERMIA; LIZARD; OSMOLARITY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACIDOSIS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EXERTION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYPOTHERMIA; LACTIC ACID; LIZARDS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMALIA; DIPSOSAURUS DORSALIS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033083164     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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