The effect of heat transfer mode on heart rate responses and hysteresis during heating and cooling in the estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1143-1151

  Franklin, Craig E ^a   Seebacher, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Crocodiles; Crocodylus porosus; Heart rate; Heat transfer; Hysteresis; Reptiles; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEART RATE; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COLD; HEART RATE; HEAT;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMALIA; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS; CROCODYLUS POROSUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037388017     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00222     Document Type: Article

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