Thermoregulatory behaviour in Tropidurus torquatus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) from Brazilian coastal populations: an estimate of passive and active thermoregulation in lizards

dc.creatorKiefer, MC
dc.creatorVan Sluys, M
dc.creatorRocha, CFD
dc.date2007
dc.dateJAN
dc.date2014-11-20T05:43:37Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:15:33Z
dc.date2014-11-20T05:43:37Z
dc.date2015-11-26T17:15:33Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T00:03:47Z
dc.date.available2018-03-29T00:03:47Z
dc.identifierActa Zoologica. Blackwell Publishing, v. 88, n. 1, n. 81, n. 87, 2007.
dc.identifier0001-7272
dc.identifierWOS:000242903300008
dc.identifier10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00254.x
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/58176
dc.identifierhttp://www.repositorio.unicamp.br/handle/REPOSIP/58176
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/58176
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1282074
dc.descriptionGeographical variation in the degree of thermoregulatory behaviour of the lizard Tropidurus torquatus was studied in 10 restinga populations along approximately 1500 km of Brazilian coast. An index of thermoregulation was estimated using the difference between body and environmental (air and substrate) temperatures and the percentage of negative values for these differences (proportion of body temperatures lower than environmental temperatures). In most populations, the lizards primarily used active thermoregulation, through behavioural means, and mainly in relation to substrate temperatures. Along the restingas, the degree of active thermoregulation increased as a function of the increase in the local environmental temperatures along the restingas. Behavioural thermoregulation of T. torquatus helps the lizards to maintain their body temperatures within an optimal range in which to perform their normal daily activities.
dc.description88
dc.description1
dc.description81
dc.description87
dc.languageen
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing
dc.publisherOxford
dc.publisherInglaterra
dc.relationActa Zoologica
dc.relationActa Zool.
dc.rightsfechado
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectgeographical ecology
dc.subjectrestinga habitat
dc.subjectthermal ecology
dc.subjectthermoregulatory behaviour
dc.subjectTropidurus torquatus
dc.subjectBody Temperatures
dc.subjectRock Outcrops
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectArea
dc.subjectBasking
dc.subjectSauria
dc.titleThermoregulatory behaviour in Tropidurus torquatus (Squamata, Tropiduridae) from Brazilian coastal populations: an estimate of passive and active thermoregulation in lizards
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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