Respiratory cooling in rattlesnakes

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 471-476

  Borrell, Brendan J ^c   LaDuc, Travis J ^a   Dudley, Robert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotalus; Evaporative cooling; Rattlesnake; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMIDITY; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SENSE ORGAN; SNAKE; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

CROTALINAE; CROTALUS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 20344382955     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.02.012     Document Type: Article

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