Heating and cooling rates of eastern diamondback rattlesnakes, Crotalus adamanteus

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 501-505

  Rice, Aaron N ^a   Luther Roberts IV, T ^a   Dorcas, Michael E ^a  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooling; Crotalus adamanteus; Heating; Physiology; Radiotelemetry; Rattlesnake; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COOLING; HEATING; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; REPTILE; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

CROTALUS ADAMANTEUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 33746027409     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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