Behavioral thermoregulation and the role of melatonin in a nocturnal snake

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-50

  Lutterschmidt, Deborah I ^a   Lutterschmidt, William I ^b   Ford, Neil B ^c   Hutchison, Victor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Sam Houston State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; African house snakes; Body temperature; Lamprophis fuliginosus; Melatonin; Nocturnal; Pineal; Snakes; Thermal selection

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; LAMPROPHIS FULIGINOSUS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION;

EID: 0036152793     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hbeh.2001.1721     Document Type: Article

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