Thermoregulatory behavior in Brazilian lizards;Comportamento de termorregulação em lagartos Brasileiros

Oecologia Brasiliensis

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-131

  Rocha, Carlos Frederico D ^a   van Sluys, Monique ^a   Vrcibradic, Davor ^a   Kiefer, Mara Cíntia ^a   de Menezes, Vanderlaine Amaral ^a   Siqueira, Carla da Costa ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activity intensity; Body temperature; Physiological process

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 73649143172     PISSN: 19806442     EISSN: 19819366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4257/oeco.2009.1301.09     Document Type: Article

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