Desert Iguana

Desert Iguana research

67 published papers in the HerpAtlas library. Most cited below, or see the latest research →

• Fever and survival.

  Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1975 · cited 203 times

• Behavioral implications of mechanistic ecology : Thermal and behavioral modeling of desert ectotherms and their microenvironment.

  Oecologia · 1973 · cited 160 times

• Fever: effect of drug-induced antipyresis on survival.

  Science (New York, N.Y.) · 1976 · cited 95 times

• Effects of incline and speed on the three-dimensional hindlimb kinematics of a generalized iguanian lizard (Dipsosaurus dorsalis)

  The Journal of experimental biology · 1999 · cited 57 times

• Locomotion of lizards on inclines and perches: hindlimb kinematics of an arboreal specialist and a terrestrial generalist.

  The Journal of experimental biology · 2004 · cited 56 times

• Ontogenesis of contractile properties of skeletal muscle and sprint performance in the lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis.

  The Journal of experimental biology · 1988 · cited 55 times

• Thermal dependence of isotonic contractile properties of skeletal muscle and sprint performance of the lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis.

  Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology · 1985 · cited 55 times

• Fever and antipyresis in the lizard Dipsosaurus dorsalis.

  The American journal of physiology · 1976 · cited 54 times

Desert Iguana natural history notes

Field and captive observations published in Herpetological Review's Natural History Notes. Each is a single observation, summarized by us, with a link to the original.