Increased capacity for sustained locomotion at low temperature in parthenogenetic geckos of hybrid origin

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 316-324

  Kearney, Michael ^a,c   Wahl, Rebecca ^b   Autumn, Kellar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PARTHENOGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TEMPERATURE;

CNEMIDOPHORUS; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; HETERONOTIA; HETERONOTIA BINOEI; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 19944361822     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/430033     Document Type: Article

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