Field body temperatures, activity levels and opportunities for thermoregulation in an extreme microhabitat specialist, the girdled lizard (Cordylus macropholis)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-18

  Bauwens, Dirk ^a,d   Castilla, Aurora M ^b,c   Mouton, P Le Fras N ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cordylus macropholis; Lizard; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; HABITAT USE; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; THERMOREGULATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CORDYLUS MACROPHOLIS;

EID: 0033199726     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836999009024     Document Type: Article

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