Thermal tolerance and thermoregulation by Taiwanese rhacophorid tadpoles (Buergeria japonica) living in geothermal hot springs and streams

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-46

  Wu, Chi Shiun ^a   Kam, Yeong Choy ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anura; Buergeria japonica; Heat tolerance; Hot Spring; Thermal Physiology; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FROG; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOREGULATION;

ANURA; BUERGERIA JAPONICA; RHACOPHORIDAE;

EID: 31344440892     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-50     Document Type: Article

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