Mating order-dependent female mate choice in the polygynandrous common lizard Lacerta vivipara
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How does the European common lizard, Lacerta vivipara, survive the cold of winter?
Although the European common lizard, Lacerta vivipara, is among the most common Eurasian reptile species, we know little about how these lizards cope with very low temperatures. In this study we examined microenvironmental conditions, body temperature, behavior, and cold strategies to see whether strategies of freezing and supercooling, while normally considered to be mutually exclusive, may in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oecologia
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0029-8549,1432-1939
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1463-1