Lower selected body temperatures after food deprivation in the lizard Anolis carolinensis
Abstract
Diet composition can affect body temperatures selected by lizards in a thermal gradient (SBT) but there is very little evidence to support a similar effect due to fasting. The latter could represent a means of energy conservation during periods of low food availability. This study investigated the impact of short-term food deprivation (5 days) on diurnal thermal preferences of male (
- Publication:
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Journal of Thermal Biology
- Pub Date:
- January 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.07.005
- Bibcode:
- 2005JTBio..30...79B
- Keywords:
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- Body temperature;
- Food-deprivation;
- Reptile;
- Anolis carolinensis