Temperature and water relations in desert bees

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 453-465

  Willmer, Pat ^a   Stone, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Bee; Coevolution; Desert; Endothermy; Temperature; Thermoregulation; Water balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031432530     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(97)00064-8     Document Type: Article

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