Thermal ecology of the Australian agamid Pogona barbata

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 461-470

  Schäuble, Chloe S ^a   Grigg, Gordon C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Operative temperatures; Pogona barbata; Radiotelemetry; Selected range; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MICROHABITAT DISTRIBUTION; SEASONAL PATTERN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR; THERMAL ECOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENLAND;

PGONA BARBATA; POGONA BARBATA;

EID: 2642670308     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050470     Document Type: Article

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