Field test of a paradigm: Hysteresis of heart rate in thermoregulation by a free-ranging lizard (Pogona barbata)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1425, 1999, Pages 1291-1297

  Grigg, Gordon C ^a   Seebacher, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Heart rate; Hysteresis; Operative temperature; Physiological thermoregulation; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; LIZARD; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; HEART RATE; HEATING; HYSTERESIS; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BARBATA; POGONA BARBATA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0033594936     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0777     Document Type: Article

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