Thermal biology of the southernmost lizards in the world: Liolaemus sarmientoi and Liolaemus magellanicus from Patagonia, Argentina

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Ibargüengoytía, Nora R ^a,b   Marlin Medina, S ^a,b   Fernández, Jimena B ^a   Gutiérrez, Joel A ^a   Tappari, Fabián ^d   Scolaro, Alejandro ^c,d  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Liolaemidae; Lizard; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; LIOLAEMUS MAGELLANICUS; LIOLAEMUS SARMIENTOI; LIZARD; MALE; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPARISON; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOREGULATION;

LIOLAEMINAE; LIOLAEMUS; LIOLAEMUS MAGELLANICUS; LIOLAEMUS SARMIENTOI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 73249139675     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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