Selected body temperature, thermal tolerance and influence of temperature on food assimilation in the oriental garden lizard, Calotes versicolor (Agamidae)

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1738-1744

  Qiu, Qing Bo ^a,c   Zeng, Xiao Biao ^b,c   Lin, Long Hui ^c   Ji, Xiang ^c  

^a Qiongzhou University   (Macao)

^b Baise University   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Calotes versicolor; Food assimilation; Selected body temperature; Thermal tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIZARD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; WUZHISHAN;

AGAMIDAE; CALOTES VERSICOLOR; SQUAMATA;

EID: 66949155776     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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