The effect of temperature on digestive and assimilation efficiency, gut passage time and appetite in an ambush foraging lizard, Cordylus melanotus melanotus

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-105

  McConnachie, S ^a   Alexander, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body temperature effects; Bomb calorimetry; Digestive rate; Lizard; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; APPETITE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIGESTIVE PHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; LIZARDS; MALE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 1642403891     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-003-0393-1     Document Type: Article

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