Physiological ecology of a tropical dragon, Lophognathus temporalis

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-181

  Christian, Keith ^a   Bedford, Gavin ^a   Green, Brian ^b   Griffiths, Anthony ^a   Newgrain, Keith ^b   Schultz, Timothy ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energetics; Lizards; Population size; Seasonality; Thermoregulation; Wet dry tropics

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044376646     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.241960.x     Document Type: Article

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