Temperature regulation in burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp.: Coleoptera: Silphidae): Effects of body size, morphology and environmental temperature

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 723-733

  Merrick, Melissa J ^a   Smith, Rosemary J ^a  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Body temperature; Burying beetle; Coleoptera; Flight temperature; Nicrophorus spp.; Operative temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; IDAHO; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; GUTTULA; NICROPHORUS; NICROPHORUS HYBRIDUS; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 1342288468     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00807     Document Type: Article

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