Metabolism, body size and life span: A case study in evolutionarily divergent populations of the Garter Snake (Thamnophis elegans)

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 880-887

  Bronikowski, Anne ^a   Vleck, David ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; COLUBRIDAE; ENVIRONMENT; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79952157456     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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