Intermittent locomotion increases endurance in a gecko

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 732-739

  Weinstein, Randi B ^a,b   Full, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; FATIGUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENDURANCE; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA; TERATOSCINCUS PRZEWALSKII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033232618     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316710     Document Type: Article

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