Thermal quality influences effectiveness of thermoregulation, habitat use, and behaviour in milk snakes

Oecologia

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-11

  Row, Jeffrey R ^a   Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ectotherm; Lampropeltis triangulum; Ontario; Radio telemetry; Seasonality; Thermoconformity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SNAKE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; SNAKES;

LAMPROPELTIS; LAMPROPELTIS TRIANGULUM;

EID: 33646478168     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0350-7     Document Type: Article

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