Seasonality provokes a shift of thermal preferences in a temperate lizard, but altitude does not

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-242

  Díaz, José A ^a   Iraeta, Pablo ^a   Monasterio, Camila ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Altitudinal variation; Psammodromus; Seasonality; Selected temperature range; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

NEUROHORMONE;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; LIZARD; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX ROLE; THERMOREGULATION;

PSAMMODROMUS; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 32344434758     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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