Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 58, Moisture loss in relation to habitat selection in some Floridian reptiles

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Alternative: Moisture loss in relation to habitat selection in some Floridian reptiles

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Series: American Museum novitates, no. 1358

By

Bogert, Charles M. (Charles Mitchill), 1908-1992
Cowles, Raymond B. (Raymond Bridgman), 1896-1975
Archbold Biological Station

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Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York City, The American Museum of Natural History, [1947]

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Title from caption.

"August 21, 1947."

Experiments carried out at the Archbold Biological Station, Highlands County, Fla.

Contents: Region 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.

"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.

Subjects

59.81:11,53,2 , Dehydration (Physiology) , Ecology , Effect of temperature on , Florida , Habitat selection , Heat , Humidity , Physiological effect , physiology , Reptiles , Water in the body

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.1358, 1947

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 31840089