Thermal constraints of refuge use by Schreiber's green lizards, Lacerta schreiberi

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-284

  Martín, José ^a   López, Pilar ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ectotherms; Lizards; Predation risk; Refuge use; Thermal costs

Indexed keywords

LACERTA SCHREIBERI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 76949097788     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579509X12529330682239     Document Type: Article

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