Selected body temperature, thermal tolerance and influence of temperature on food assimilation in juvenile Chinese skinks, Eumeces chinensis (Scincidae)

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 465-471

  Xu, Xue Feng ^a   Zhao, Qun ^a   Ji, Xiang ^a  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Eumeces chinensis; Food assimilation; Food passage time; Reptilia; Scincidae; Selected body temperature; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033264823     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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