The actively foraging desert lizard Pedioplanis husabensis (Husab Sand Lizard) behaviorally optimizes its energetic economy

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 905-913

  Murray, Ian W ^a   Fuller, Andrea ^a   Lease, Hilary M ^a   Mitchell, Duncan ^a   Wolf, Blair O ^b   Hetem, Robyn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Doubly labeled water; Field metabolic rate; Husab Sand Lizard; Namib Desert; Pedioplanis husabensis

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; DESERT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENERGY USE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION; WATER FLOW;

NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA;

PEDIOPLANIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84907810659     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2014-0086     Document Type: Article

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