Habitat use is linked to components of fitness through the temperature-dependence of erformance in ratsnakes (elaphe obsoleta)

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 361-372

  Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^a   Weatherhead, Patrick J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Reptiles; Thermal reaction norm; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; FITNESS; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; LOCOMOTION; RADIO WAVE; SNAKE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION;

PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 67650096283     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.54.3-4.361     Document Type: Article

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