Some like it hot: Body and weapon size affect thermoregulation in horned beetles

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 604-611

  Shepherd, Brittany L ^a   Prange, Henry D ^a   Moczek, Armin P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary constraint; Horned beetle; Onthophagus; Polyphenism; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HEAT; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FEMALE; HEAT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; ONTHOPHAGUS;

EID: 40849097716     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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