A body temperature model for lizards as estimated from the thermal environment

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-64

  Fei, Teng ^a,b   Skidmore, Andrew K ^a   Venus, Valentijn ^a   Wang, Tiejun ^a   Schlerf, Martin ^a   Toxopeus, Bert ^a   van Overjijk, Sjef ^c   Bian, Meng ^b   Liu, Yaolin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Dierenpark de Oliemeulen   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lizard; Thermal environment; Timon lepidus; Transient body temperature modeling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT TRANSFER; LIZARD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; POWER ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SOLAR RADIATION; TARGET ORGANISM; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSIENT BODY TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALIA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84155164438     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2011.10.013     Document Type: Article

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