No place to hide: Microclimates of Sonoran Desert Drosophila

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 353-362

  Gibbs, Allen G ^a   Perkins, Marc C ^b,d   Markow, Therese A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d Orange Coast College   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus; Desert Drosophila; Desiccation; Microclimate; Temperature; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DESERT; DROSOPHILA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROCLIMATE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PUPATION; SPECIES; STRESS; ZOOLOGY;

CACTACEAE; DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0012893093     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(03)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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