Hysteresis of heart rate and heat exchange of fasting and postprandial savannah monitor lizards (Varanus exanthematicus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 675-682

  Zaar, Morten ^a   Larsen, Einer ^a   Wang, Tobias ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cooling; Digestion; Fasting; Heart rate; Heating; Hysteresis of heart rate; Lizard; Reptile; Temperature; Varanus exanthematicus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COOLING; DIET RESTRICTION; DIGESTION; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEART RATE; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEATING; HYSTERESIS; INGESTION; LIZARD; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; SAVANNA; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VARANUS; VARANUS EXANTHEMATICUS;

EID: 16544373619     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2004.01.028     Document Type: Article

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