Thermal effects on locomotion in the nocturnal gecko Homonota darwini (Gekkonidae)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-246

  Ibargüengoytía, Nora R ^a,b   Renner, Marianne L ^c   Boretto, Jorgelina M ^a,b   Piantoni, Carla ^d   Cussac, Víctor E ^a,b  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c University of Bordeaux   (France)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAPTURE METHOD; CRYPSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INSECTIVORE; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34547940503     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853807780202440     Document Type: Article

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