Physiological flexibility in the Andean lizard Liolaemus bellii: Seasonal changes in energy acquisition, storage and expenditure

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1007-1015

  Naya, Daniel E ^a   Veloso, Claudio ^b   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Annual cycles; Fat bodies; Gut; Metabolism; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILE; CLIMATE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIBERNATION; LIZARD; METABOLISM; SEASON;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CHILE; CLIMATE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; HIBERNATION; LIZARDS; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; LIOLAEMUS BELLII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 54949091873     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-008-0292-6     Document Type: Article

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