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Vascular Patterns in Iguanas and Other Squamates: Blood Vessels and Sites of Thermal Exchange

Squamates use the circulatory system to regulate body and head temperatures during both heating and cooling. The flexibility of this system, which possibly exceeds that of endotherms, offers a number of physiological mechanisms to gain or retain heat (e.g., increase peripheral blood flow and heart r...

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Autores principales: Porter, William Ruger, Witmer, Lawrence M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4605690/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26466378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139215