Adaptation and constraint in the evolution of the physiology and behavior of the Namib desert tenebrionid beetle genus Onymacris

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1231-1240

  Ward, David ^a,b   Seely, Mary K ^a  

^a Desert Ecol Res U Namibia G   (Namibia)

^b Ecology   (Israel)

Author keywords

Beetles; behavior; comparative method; morphology; Namib desert; phylogeny; physiology; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; ONYMACRIS; TENEBRIONIDAE;

ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOG BASKING;

NAMIBIA, NAMIB DESERT;

EID: 0029661317     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb02363.x     Document Type: Article

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