A global analysis of field body temperatures of active squamates in relation to climate and behaviour

• Main Authors: Shahar, Dubiner, Rocío, Aguilar, Rodolfo, O. Anderso, Diego M., Arenas Moreno, Luciano J., Avila, Estefania, Boada-Viteri, Martin, Castillo, David G., Chapple, Christian O., Chukwuka, Alison, Cree, Félix B., Cruz, Guarino R., Colli, Indraneil, Das
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc 2024
• Subjects: QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44306/3/A%20global.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44306/; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/geb.13808

Squamate body temperatures, their frequency distributions and their relation to environmental temperature, are globally influenced by behavioural and climatic factors. For all temperatures and climates, heliothermic species' body temperatures are consistently higher and more stable than in othe...