Contrasted thermal preferences translate into divergences in habitat use and realized performance in two sympatric snakes

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-275

  Lelievre H ^a,b   Blouin Demers, G ^c   Pinaud, D ^a   Lisse, H ^a   Bonnet, X ^a   Lourdais, O ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost benefit model of thermoregulation; Ectotherm; Microhabitat selection; Performance; Thermoregulatory strategy

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DIVERGENCE; ECTOTHERMY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE; SYMPATRY; TRADE-OFF;

COLUBRIDAE; HIEROPHIS VIRIDIFLAVUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; ZAMENIS LONGISSIMUS;

EID: 79960554872     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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