Sex, season, and time of day interact to affect body temperatures of the Giant Gartersnake

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 183-189

  Wylie, Glenn D ^a   Casazza, Michael L ^a   Halstead, Brian J ^a   Gregory, Christopher J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Radio telemetry; Seasonal variation; Sexual dimorphism; Thamnophis gigas; Thermal ecology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INFORMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKE; SUMMER; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

THAMNOPHIS GIGAS;

EID: 64549124324     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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