Seasonal and geographic variation in thermal biology of the lizard Microlophus atacamensis (Squamata: Tropiduridae)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Sepúlveda, Maritza ^a   Vidal, Marcela A ^a   Fariña, José M ^b,c   Sabat, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Cooling rate; Heating rate; Selected temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; LIZARD; MALE; MICROLOPHUS ATACAMENSIS; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

MICROLOPHUS ATACAMENSIS; SQUAMATA; TROPIDURINAE;

EID: 41149096938     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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