Preferred body temperature: Seasonal and sexual differences in the lizard Lacerta vivipara
β Scribed by J.W. Patterson; P.M.C. Davies
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 259 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0306-4565
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