Performance and thermal sensitivity of the southernmost lizards in the world, Liolaemus sarmientoi and Liolaemus magellanicus

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-22

  Fernández, Jimena B ^a   Smith, Joseph ^b   Scolaro, Alejandro ^c,d   Ibargüengoytía, Nora R ^a,e  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^e Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cold environment; Fitness; Liolaemus; Lizard

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIOLAEMUS MAGELLANICUS; LIOLAEMUS SARMIENTOI; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

LIOLAEMUS; LIOLAEMUS MAGELLANICUS; LIOLAEMUS SARMIENTOI; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78650608738     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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