Behavioral thermoregulation of six Namib Desert tenebrionid beetle species (Coleoptera)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 442-451

  Ward, D ^a,b   Seely, M K ^a  

^a Desert Ecological Research Unit of Namibia   (Namibia)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behavioral thermoregulation; Desert beetles; High body temperatures; Namib Desert; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000087798     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.3.442     Document Type: Article

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