Is thermoregulation really unimportant for tropical reptiles? Comparative study of four sympatric snake species from Africa

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 59-68

  Luiselli, Luca ^a   Akani, Godfrey C ^b  

^a FIZV   (Italy)

^b RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ecology; Nigeria; Reproduction; Snakes; Sympatry; Thermoregulation; Tropical

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SNAKE; SYMPATRY; THERMOREGULATION;

AFRICA;

AFRONATRIX ANOSCOPUS; ANOSCOPUS; COLUBRIDAE; NATRICITERES; NERODIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036092935     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(02)01134-7     Document Type: Article

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