Implications of extreme sexual size dimorphism for thermoregulation in a freshwater turtle

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 313-322

  Bulté, Grégory ^a   Blouin Demers, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial basking; Body size; Ectotherm; Northern map turtle; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ECTOTHERMY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TURTLE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMOREGULATION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TURTLES;

ANIMALIA; GRAPTEMYS; GRAPTEMYS GEOGRAPHICA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 74449088931     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1469-8     Document Type: Article

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