Thermal regimes during incubation do not affect mean selected temperatures of hatchling lizards (Bassiana duperreyi, Scincidae)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-51

  Du, Wei Guo ^a,b   Elphick, Melanie ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Inter population variation; Phenotypic plasticity; Preferred body temperature; Reptile; Thermal acclimation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HATCHLING; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIZARD; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BASSIANA DUPERREYI; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 73149103922     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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