Combined effect of incubation and ambient temperature on the feeding performance of a small ectotherm

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 937-947

  Bilcke, Joke ^a,b,c   Downes, Sharon ^b,d   Büscher, Ignace ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australian Cotton Research Institute ^*  (Belgium)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Conservation; Foraging; Invasive species; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; DIGESTION; ECTOTHERMY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INCUBATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIZARD; MIMICRY; MOBILITY; PREY AVAILABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; LAMPROPHOLIS DELICATA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA; VINCA; VINCA MAJOR;

EID: 33750909287     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01663.x     Document Type: Article

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