The influence of metabolic heat production on body temperature of a small lizard, Anolis carolinensis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-184

  Brown, Richard P ^a   Au, Timothy ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body size; Lizard; Metabolism; Specific dynamic action; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLOACA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LIZARD; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; LIZARDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 64849094437     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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