Field observations of extended locomotor activity at sub-optimal body temperatures in a diurnal heliothermic lizard (Tiliqua rugosa)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-188

  Kerr, Gregory D ^a   Bull, C Michael ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypothermia; Lizard; Locomotor activity; Nostoc commune; Rainfall; Tiliqua rugosa

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT;

AMPHIBIA; NOSTOC; NOSTOC COMMUNE; NOSTOC SP.; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TILIQUA; TRACHYDOSAURUS RUGOSUS;

EID: 6344289551     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904005734     Document Type: Article

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