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Hourly tegu temperature during hibernation phases

2021 (approx.)

Detailed Description

This figure shows the median hourly temperatures for Argentine black and white tegu, hibernaculum and combined environmental data during days when animals were in pre-hibernation, hibernation, and post-hibernation, Greater Everglades ecosystem, Florida, USA. 

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Figure 4 from Currylow, A. F., M. A. M. Collier, E. B. Hanslowe, B. G. Falk, B. S. Cade, S. E. Moy, A. Grajal-Puche, F. N. Ridgley, R. N. Reed, A. A. Yackel Adams. 2021. Thermal stability of an adaptable, invasive ectotherm: Argentine giant tegus in the Greater Everglades Ecosystem, USA. Ecosphere 12:e03579.