Effect of Acclimation on the Preferred Body Temperature of the Lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis
- 26 February 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 131 (3400), 610-611
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.131.3400.610
Abstract
The preferred body temperature was determined for several groups of Sceloporus occidentalis previously acclimated to several constant temperature levels. Acclimation to a high temperature (35°C) resulted in the selection of a lowered mean preferred body temperature, whereas acclimation to lower temperatures (12°C and 25°C) produced no change in the preferred body temperature.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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