Cautionary notes on the descriptive analysis of performance curves in reptiles

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 287-291

  Bulté, Grégory ^a   Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Optimal temperature; Performance curve; Reptiles; Thermal reaction norm

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; REPTILE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

REPTILIA;

EID: 33645404806     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2005.11.030     Document Type: Article

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