A heterogeneous thermal environment enables remarkable behavioral thermoregulation in Uta stansburiana
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A heterogeneous thermal environment enables remarkable behavioral thermoregulation in Uta stansburiana
Ectotherms can attain preferred body temperatures by selecting specific temperature microhabitats within a varied thermal environment. The side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana may employ microhabitat selection to thermoregulate behaviorally. It is unknown to what degree habitat structural complexity provides thermal microhabitats for thermoregulation. Thermal microhabitat structure, lizard te...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecology and Evolution
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2045-7758,2045-7758
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1141