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Ecophysiology Tracks Phylogeny and Meets Ecological Models in an Iberian Gecko.
Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ - 1 Jan 2000
Rato C, Carretero M A
Abstract excerpt
Because fitness of ectotherms, including reptiles, is highly dependent on temperature and water availability, the study of ecophysiological traits, such as preferred temperature (T p) and water loss rates (WLRs), may provide mechanistic evidence on the restricting factors to the species ranges. The Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica, is a species complex with a circum-Mediterranean distribution. In the Iberian...
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