Australian geckos do not display diel variation in thermoregulatory behavior

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1998, Pages 736-742

  Angilletta Jr , Michael J ^a   Werner, Yehudah L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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GEKKONIDAE;

EID: 3543010745     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447806     Document Type: Article

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