Thermoregulation is the pits: Use of thermal radiation for retreat site selection by rattlesnakes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2539-2545

  Krochmal, Aaron R ^a   Bakken, George S ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral thermoregulation; Crotalus atrox; Facial pit; Prey acquisition; Rattlesnake; Thermal detection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FACE; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; THERMORECEPTOR; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CROTALUS; ENVIRONMENT; FACE; MICROCLIMATE; THERMORECEPTORS;

ANIMALIA; CROTALINAE; CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 0041926663     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00471     Document Type: Article

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