Role of high body temperature in the endothermic dung beetle geotrupes mutator (coleoptera, geotrupidae)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-120

  Mena, Javier ^a  

^a NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dung bee tle; Endothermy; Geotrupidae; Insecta; Mediterranean area; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; ECOLOGY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

GEOTRUPES MUTATOR;

EID: 0034890698     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000109356394     Document Type: Article

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