Patterns of seasonal activity in a Mediterranean lizard along a 2200m altitudinal gradient

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 64-69

  Zamora Camacho, F J ^a   Reguera, S ^a   Moreno Rueda, G ^a   Pleguezuelos, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity cycles; Altitudinal gradient; Circa annual; Psammodromus algirus; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84870880158     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: 18790992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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