Behavioural Postures and the Rate of Body Temperature Change in Wild Freshwater Crocodiles, Crocodylus johnstoni
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Behavioural postures and the rate of body temperature change in wild freshwater crocodiles, Crocodylus johnstoni.
I recorded body temperature and behaviour of eight Crocodylus johnstoni in the wild over a 2-yr period in order to quantify the effect of posturing on body temperature and to provide a mechanistic explanation of how behaviour affects body temperature. Behaviour was categorised according to the proportion of a crocodile's surface area exposed from the water (0% exposed [=diving] to 100% exposed ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1522-2152,1537-5293
DOI: 10.1086/316638