Effects of body temperature, feeding, caudal autotomy and reproductive condition on locomotor performance in the oriental leaf-toed gecko, (Hemidactylus bowringii)

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1745-1755

  Xu, Da De ^a,b,c   Ji, Xiang ^b,c   Lu, Hong Liang ^b   Lin, Zhi Hua ^d  

^a ZHAOQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LISHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Feeding; Gekkonidae; Gravid female; Hemidactylus bowringii; Locomotor performance; Tail loss

Indexed keywords

AUTOTOMY; BODY CONDITION; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; LOW TEMPERATURE;

GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS BOWRINGII; PHYLLODACTYLUS;

EID: 66949118655     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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