... species, along three parallel thermal gradients in its native and invasive ranges. At each site, we assessed cardiac physiology to determine heat and cold tolerance and acclimatory plasticity. We found that, overall, the species is highly tolerant of both heat and cold, and that it survives higher...

...@zool.gu.se ). 21 11 1996 ©The Company of Biologists Limited 1997 cardiac physiology circulatory control foramen of Panizza estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus The left (LAo) and right (RAo) aortas of crocodilians communicate at two points. The first is the foramen...