Energetics of bluetongue lizards (Tiliqua scincoides) in a seasonal tropical environment

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 515-523

  Christian, Keith A ^a   Webb, Jonathan K ^a   Schultz, Timothy J ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy budgets; Field metabolic rate; Seasonality; Thermal ecology; Wet dry tropics

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIOENERGETICS; LIZARD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARDS; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TILIQUA; TILIQUA SCINCOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141457898     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1301-9     Document Type: Article

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