Panther chameleons, furcifer pardalis, behaviorally regulate optimal exposure to UV depending on dietary vitamin D status

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 218-225

  Karsten, Kristopher B ^a   Ferguson, Gary W ^a   Chen, Taic ^b   Holick, Michael F ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIET; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPTILE; THERMOREGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITAMIN;

CHAMAELEONIDAE; FURCIFER PARDALIS; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

COLECALCIFEROL;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DIET; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; LIZARDS; MALE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 67149100897     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597525     Document Type: Article

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