Ontogenetic shifts in thermal tolerance, selected body temperature and thermal dependence of food assimilation and locomotor performance in a lacertid lizard, Eremias brenchleyi

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 118-124

  Xu, Xue Feng ^a,b   Ji, Xiang ^a,c  

^a NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Eremias brenchleyi; Food assimilation; Lacertidae; Selected body temperature; Sprint speed; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EREMIAS BRENCHLEYI; FOOD INTAKE; HEAT TOLERANCE; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; EREMIAS BRENCHLEYI; LACERTIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 31344471002     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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