Patterns of thermal constraint on ectotherm activity

American Naturalist

Volumn 185, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 653-664

  Gunderson, Alex R ^a   Leal, Manuel ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Anolis; Climate change; Ectotherm; Thermal constraints

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECTOTHERMY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LIZARD; VIGOR; VULNERABILITY;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS CRISTATELLUS; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; LIZARD; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; LIZARDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84928473766     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/680849     Document Type: Article

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