Lizard thermal biology: Do genders differ?

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 473-478

  Huey, Raymond B ^a   Pianka, Eric R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Lizards; Sexual dimorphism; Thermal biology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DATA SET; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; LIZARD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTH AMERICA;

SQUAMATA;

EID: 34548150185     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520122     Document Type: Article

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