Postprandial thermophily of Chinese green tree vipers, Trimeresurus s. stejnegeri: Interfering factors on snake temperature selection in a thigmothermal gradient

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 423-430

  Tsai, Tein Shun ^a   Tu, Ming Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Feeding; Preferred temperature; Seclusion sites; Thermal gradient; Thermocouple; Tree viper; Water

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; RECORDING; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VIDEOTAPE;

TRIMERESURUS; TRIMERESURUS STEJNEGERI; VIPER;

EID: 23644445505     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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