Functional implications of temperature-correlated colour polymorphism in an iridescent, scarabaeine dung beetle

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 771-779

  Davis, Adrian L V ^a   Brink, D Johan ^a   Scholtz, Clarke H ^a   Prinsloo, Linda C ^a   Deschodt, Christian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Dung; Exoskeleton; Gymnopleurus; Iridescent; Scarabaeinae; Southern Africa; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; COLOR MORPH; DOMINANCE; POLYMORPHISM; REFLECTANCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

COLEOPTERA; GYMNOPLEURUS; SCARABAEINAE;

EID: 55349084788     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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