Daily activity patterns of Whiptail Lizards (Squamata: Teiidae: Aspidoscelis): A proximate response to environmental conditions or an endogenous rhythm?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 314-321

  Winne, C T ^a   Keck, M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Grayson County College   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Cnemidophorus; Environmental constraints; Reptile; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIZARD; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIBIA; ASPIDOSCELIS; ASPIDOSCELIS GULARIS; ASPIDOSCELIS INORNATA; CNEMIDOPHORUS; MACRURONUS NOVAEZELANDIAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 2942622067     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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