Interplay between pregnancy and physiological thermoregulation in Liolaemus lizards

Ecoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 421-426

  Labra, Antonieta ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Liolaemus; Physiological thermoregulation; Pregnancy; Thermal time constants

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; THERMOREGULATION;

AMPHIBIA; LIOLAEMUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036932520     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2002.11682729     Document Type: Article

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