Low field metabolic rates for geckos of the genus Rhoptropus may not be surprising

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-42

  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

Fog water; Lizard physiological ecology; Namib desert; Thermal biology

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; METABOLISM;

NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA;

GEKKONIDAE; RHOPTROPUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84907996739     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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