Preferred temperatures of Podarcis vaucheri from Morocco: Intraspecific variation and interspecific comparisons

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Veríssimo, Carla V ^a,b   Carretero, Miguel A ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

P. vaucheri; Podarcis hispanica complex; Preferred temperatures; Pregnancy; Thermal ecology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIZARD; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS HISPANICA; PODARCIS VAUCHERI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 60449083979     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809787392748     Document Type: Article

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