Secondarily diurnal geckos return to cost of locomotion typical of diurnal lizards

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 339-351

  Autumn, Kellar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION;

EID: 0033361101     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316666     Document Type: Article

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