Elevation and climatic tolerance: A test using dung beetles

Oikos

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 584-590

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Chown, Steven L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ELEVATION; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0032829197     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546663     Document Type: Article

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