Thermal dependence of food assimilation and locomotor performance in juvenile blue-tailed skinks, Eumeces elegans

Animal Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-38

  Du, Wei Guo ^a   Lu, Yi Wei ^a   Shu, Lin ^b   Bao, Yi Xin ^c  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b QUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eumeces elegans; Food assimilation; Locomotor performance; Reptilia; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; ECTOTHERMY; FOOD INTAKE; JUVENILE; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG;

EMOIA CYANURA; EUMECES ELEGANS; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 33947659943     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075607780002050     Document Type: Article

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