Alligator physiology and life history: The importance of temperature

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 801-805

  Lance, Valentine A ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Crocodile; Growth; Reproduction; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ANOREXIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EATING HABIT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEEDING; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH; HORMONAL REGULATION; LIFE HISTORY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES);

EID: 0037673382     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(03)00112-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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