Behavior of the terrestrial nocturnal lizards Goniurosaurus kuroiwae kuroiwae and Eublepharis macularius (Reptilia: Eublepharidae) in a thigmothermal gradient

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-254

  Werner, Y L ^a,b   Takahashi, H ^a   Mautz, W J ^c   Ota, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature selection; Body temperature variance; Eublepharids; Eublepharis macularius; Geckos; Goniurosaurus kuroiwae kuroiwae; Thermoregulation; Thigmothermal gradient

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; EUBLEPHARIDAE; EUBLEPHARIS; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; GONIUROSAURUS KUROIWAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 14844338456     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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