What factors allow opportunistic nocturnal activity in a primarily diurnal desert lizard (Ctenotus pantherinus)?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-261

  Gordon, Chris E ^a   Dickman, Christopher R ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Diel activity; Mean selected temperature; Metabolic rate; Prey sensory perception; Skink; Termite

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOTUS PANTHERINUS; DIURNAL ANIMAL; FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEARING ACUITY; LIZARD; METABOLIC RATE; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PREDATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ANIMALIA; CTENOTUS; CTENOTUS PANTHERINUS; EGERNIA INORNATA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77950049748     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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