Pregnant female lizards Iberolacerta cyreni adjust refuge use to decrease thermal costs for their body condition and cell-mediated immune response

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-112

  Amo, Luisa ^a   López, Pilar ^a   Martín, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREGNANCY; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LIZARDS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE;

IBEROLACERTA CYRENI; PETROSAURUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33847352990     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.353     Document Type: Article

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