Heat tolerance and altitudinal distribution of a mountainous lizard, Takydromus hsuehshanensis, in Taiwan

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-56

  Huang, Shu Ping ^a   Tu, Ming Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Altitude; Distribution; Lizard; Temperature; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; SUMMER; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TAKYDROMUS FORMOSANUS; TAKYDROMUS HSUEHSHANENSIS; TAKYDROMUS STEJNEGERI;

SQUAMATA; TAKYDROMUS HSUEHSHANENSIS;

EID: 37349079093     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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