Moisture loss in relation to habitat selection in some Floridian reptiles. American Museum novitates ; no. 1358

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dc.contributor.authorBogert, Charles M. (Charles Mitchill), 1908-1992.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCowles, Raymond B. (Raymond Bridgman), 1896-1975.en_US
dc.contributor.authorArchbold Biological Station.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T17:30:22Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T17:30:22Z
dc.date.issued1947en_US
dc.description34 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 34).en_US
dc.descriptionRegion and terrain -- Apparatus and methods -- Experiments. Turtles. Kinosternon subrubrum steindachneri. Pseudemys floridana peninsularis. Terrapene carolina bauri. Gopherus polyphemus. Crocodilians. Alligator mississipiensis. Lizards. Sceloporus woodi. Eumeces inexpectatus. Rhineura floridana. Snakes. Drymarchon corais couperi. Coluber constrictor priapus. Coluber flagellum flagellum -- Discussion.en_US
dc.description.abstract"Ten species of Floridian reptiles were subjected to nearly constant environmental temperatures of 38° C. in an experimental chamber in which the relative hunidity was maintained at a level approximating 37 per cent. An additional species, a subterrestrial lizard, was subjected to wet and dry sand at room temperatures. The experimental animals were weighed at periodic intervals during their exposure to such extreme environmental conditions, and those that survived were returned to a moist environment and weighed again. A few reptiles maintained in the thermal chamber in closed containers with wet sand in the bottom lost no weight so that it could be relatively certain that loss in weight represented a loss of moisture"--P. 33.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/4218
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.publisherNew York City : The American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 1358en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.1358, 1947en_US
dc.subject.lcshReptiles -- Physiology.en_US
dc.subject.lcshReptiles -- Effect of temperature on.en_US
dc.subject.lcshDehydration (Physiology)en_US
dc.subject.lcshHeat -- Physiological effect.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHumidity -- Physiological effect.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHabitat selection.en_US
dc.subject.lcshWater in the body.en_US
dc.subject.lcshReptiles -- Ecology -- Florida.en_US
dc.subject.lcshReptiles -- Florida.en_US
dc.titleMoisture loss in relation to habitat selection in some Floridian reptiles. American Museum novitates ; no. 1358en_US
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