To thermoconform or thermoregulate? An assessment of thermoregulation opportunities for the lizard Zootoca vivipara in the subarctic

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 486-490

  Herczeg, Gábor ^a   Kovács, Tibor ^a   Hettyey, Attila ^a   Merilä, Juha ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; ECTOTHERMY; LIZARD; SUBARCTIC REGION; THERMOREGULATION;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 0038234826     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0507-y     Document Type: Article

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