Suboptimal thermoregulation in male adders (Vipera berus) after hibernation imposed by spermiogenesis

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-27

  Herczeg, Gábor ^a,b   Saarikivi, Jarmo ^b   Gonda, Abigél ^a   Perälä, Jarmo ^b   Tuomola, Aino ^b   Merilä, Juha ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Basking; Body temperature; Operative temperature; Phenology; Thermal environment; Trade off

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; ECTOTHERMY; FIELD SURVEY; GAMETOGENESIS; HIBERNATION; LABORATORY METHOD; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOLOGY; SNAKE; TRADE-OFF;

VIPERA BERUS;

EID: 34548035157     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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