Life in sandy deserts: The scorpion model

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 609-622

  Fet, Victor ^a   Polis, Gary A ^b   Sissom, W David ^c  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptations; Biogeography; Diversity; Evolution; Psammophiles; Sand; Scorpions

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY;

INVERTEBRATA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0032143373     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1997.0386     Document Type: Article

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