Audubon Nature Institute

Position Within the Burrow and Behavioral Thermoregulation Jointly Shape Thermal Lability in a Fossorial Ectotherm

ABSTRACT Burrowing is a widespread thermoregulatory strategy among ectotherms, yet the spatial and temporal scales by which burrows buffer organisms from thermal extremes remain poorly quantified. We combined high‐resolution temperature measurements from gopher tortoise ( Gopheru...