Tail loss and thermoregulation in the common lizard Zootoca vivipara

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 485-488

  Herczeg, Gábor ^a   Kovács, Tibor ^a   Tóth, Tamás ^b   Török, János ^a   Korsós, Zoltán ^c   Merilä, Juha ^d  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Hungarian Natural History Museum ^*  (Hungary)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AUTOTOMY; LIZARD; THERMOREGULATION; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; LABORATORY TEST; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIL; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ECOSYSTEM; LIZARDS; TAIL;

SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 8744262647     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-004-0555-3     Document Type: Article

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