Daily and annual cycles in thermoregulatory behaviour and cardio-respiratory physiology of black and white tegu lizards

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 905-915

  Sanders, Colin E ^a   Tattersall, Glenn J ^b   Reichert, Michelle ^a   Andrade, Denis V ^c   Abe, Augusto S ^c   Milsom, William K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory control; Dormancy; Hibernation; Reptiles; Seasonal adjustments; Tegu lizards; Torpor

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BREATHING RATE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIBERNATION; LIZARD; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TIME FACTOR;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HIBERNATION; LIZARDS; MALE; RESPIRATORY RATE; SEASONS; TELEMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84946476844     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-015-0928-2     Document Type: Article

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