Effects of Body Mass and Temperature on Standard Metabolic Rate in the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-151

  Dorcas, Michael E ^a   Hopkins, William A ^b   Roe, John H ^b  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; METABOLISM; SNAKE;

AMPHIBIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS ADAMANTEUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1242344001     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CP-03-074R1     Document Type: Article

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