Thermoregulation by a brooding Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus) in Florida

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 403-405

  Snow, Ray W ^a   Wolf, Alexander J ^b   Greeves, Brian W ^b   Cherkiss, Michael S ^b   Hill, Robert ^c   Mazzotti, Frank J ^b  

^a Everglades National Park   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYTHON MOLURUS BIVITTATUS;

EID: 77954422328     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/058.009.0215     Document Type: Article

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