Digestive performance in five Mediterranean lizard species: Effects of temperature and insularity

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-60

  Pafilis, P ^a   Foufopoulos, J ^b   Poulakakis, N ^c   Lymberakis, P ^c   Valakos, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Natural History Museum of Crete   (Greece)

Author keywords

Evolutionary physiology; Islands; Lacertidae; Phylogeny; Thermal environments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; DIGESTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARDS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

LACERTA GRAECA; LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS ERHARDII; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845759451     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-006-0108-5     Document Type: Article

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