Thermal selection and temperature preference of the aquatic salamander, Amphiuma tridactylum

Herpetological Conservation and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-399

  Fontenot Jr , Clifford L ^a   Lutterschmidt, William I ^b  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sam Houston State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Amphiuma; Preferred body temperature; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA; AMPHIUMA TRIDACTYLUM; AMPHIUMIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84861213978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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