Nocturnal lizards from a cool-temperate environment have high metabolic rates at low temperatures

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 180, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1173-1181

  Hare, Kelly M ^a,c   Pledger, Shirley ^a   Thompson, Michael B ^b   Miller, John H ^a   Daugherty, Charles H ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ectotherm; Hoplodactylus; Oligosoma; Reptile; Thermal sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HOPLODACTYLUS; OLIGOSOMA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77958478306     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0489-3     Document Type: Article

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