Dung beetles use their dung ball as a mobile thermal refuge

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Smolka, Jochen ^a   Baird, Emily ^a   Byrne, Marcus J ^b   El Jundi, Basil ^a   Warrant, Eric J ^a   Dacke, Marie ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEETLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; LETTER; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867831802     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.08.057     Document Type: Letter

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