Ecophysiological adaptations to dry thermal environments measured in two unrestrained namibian scorpions, Parabuthus villosus (Buthidae) and Opisthophthalmus flavescens (Scorpionidae)

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 244-256

  Bridges, Christopher R ^a,b   Le Roux, Jacobus Marthinus ^a,c   Van Aardt, Willie J ^a,c  

^a Desert Ecology Research Unit   (Namibia)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPISTHOPHTHALMUS FLAVESCENS; PARABUTHUS VILLOSUS;

EID: 0031106039     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/639587     Document Type: Article

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