Dung beetles eat acorns to increase their ovarian development and thermal tolerance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Verdú, José R ^a   Casas, José L ^a   Lobo, Jorge M ^b   Numa, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FAT BODY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HYSTERESIS; NONHUMAN; NUT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN CONTENT; THORECTES LUSITANICUS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; HEMOLYMPH; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; THORECTES LUSITANICUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; FAT BODY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; HOT TEMPERATURE; NUTS; OVARY;

EID: 77956322190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010114     Document Type: Article

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