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Seasonal Thermal Acclimation in a Population of Iguanid Lizards (Sceloporous o. occidentalis, Baird and Girard, 1852)

Author

Charles Stetson Greene, University of the Pacific

Date of Award

1967

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.)

Department

Biological Sciences

First Advisor

Barry Davis

First Committee Member

Gerald O Gates

Second Committee Member

Gary J Brusca

Abstract

Within the few years following the publications of the first studies on reptilian thermoregulation (Mosauer, 1936; Attsatt, 1939; Cowles and Bogert, 1944; and Strelnidov, 1944) there has been an increasing number of investigations concerned with the mechanisms that underlie this phenomenon. Many studies have demonstrated that heliothermic lizards maintain a relatively constant body temperature during per- iods of diurnal and seasonal activity. Much of this regulation is dependent upon behavior. An extensive review of thermoregulation in both lizards and snakes has been compiled by St. Girons and St. Girona (1956).

Pages

73

Recommended Citation

Greene, Charles Stetson. (1967). Seasonal Thermal Acclimation in a Population of Iguanid Lizards (Sceloporous o. occidentalis, Baird and Girard, 1852). University of the Pacific, Thesis. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/1639