Pushing the edge: Extended activity as an alternative to risky body temperatures in a herbivorous teiid lizard (Cnemidophorus murinus: Squamata)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 152-158

  Vitt, L J ^a   Caldwell, J P ^a   Sartorius, S S ^a,f   Cooper Jr , W E ^b   Baird, T A ^c   Baird, T D ^d   Pérez Mellado, Valentín ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d OK City County Health Department   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^f Ecological Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectotherm thermoregulation; Herbivory; Thermal ecology

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; DIGESTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; THERMOREGULATION;

CNEMIDOPHORUS MURINUS; INSECTA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 16844371367     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2005.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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