Thermal properties of artificial refuges and their implications for retreat-site selection in lizards

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-326

  Thierry, Aude ^a   Lettink, Marieke ^b   Besson, Anne A ^a   Cree, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial Retreat; Gecko; Hoplodactylus Maculatus; Oligosoma Maccanni; Skink; Temperature; Thermal Characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449365007     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075409X432931     Document Type: Article

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