Kleptothermy: An additional category of thermoregulation, and a possible example in sea kraits (Laticauda laticaudata, Serpentes)

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 729-731

  Brischoux, François ^a   Bonnet, Xavier ^b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ectothermy; Reptile; Snake; Thermoregulation; Thigmothermy

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BURROW; ECTOTHERMY; HEAT TRANSFER; HETEROGENEITY; SNAKE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; HYDROPHIIDAE; LATICAUDA; LATICAUDA LATICAUDATA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 74549215658     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0550     Document Type: Article

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