Thermal relationships and exercise physiology in anuran amphibians: Integration and evolutionary implications

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 344-362

  Navas, Carlos A ^a   Gomes, Fernando R ^b   Carvalho, José Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Acclimatization; Anurans; Calling; Exercise; Locomotor performance; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURAN AMPHIBIAN; BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTION; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; JUMPING; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOSTABILITY; VOCALIZATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 52949090431     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.07.003     Document Type: Review

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