Thermoregulation in endothermic dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Effect of body size and ecophysiological constraints in flight
- 31 August 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Insect Physiology
- Vol. 52 (8) , 854-860
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.05.005
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