Effects of season, temperature, and body mass on the standard metabolic rate of tegu lizards (Tupinambis merianae)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-164

  Toledo, Luís F ^a   Brito, Simone P ^a   Milsom, William K ^b   Abe, Augusto S ^a   Andrade, Denis V ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; METABOLISM; ONTOGENY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARD; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARDS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; TUPINAMBIS MERIANAE; TUPINAMBIS NIGROPUNCTATUS;

EID: 39449098784     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524147     Document Type: Article

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