Morphological correlates of flightlessness in southern African Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Testing a condition of the water-conservation hypothesis

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1123-1133

  Chown, Steven L ^a   Pistorius, Pierre ^a   Scholtz, Clarke H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DESERT; FLIGHTLESSNESS; MORPHOLOGY; WATER RETENTION;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0032442276     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z98-036     Document Type: Article

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