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High body temperatures of Namib dune tenebrionids: why?
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This article is published in Journal of Arid Environments.The article was published on 1988-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 31 citations till now.read more
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Factors influencing the daily energy expenditure of small mammals
TL;DR: The factors which influence the daily energy expenditure (and thus energy requirements) of small mammals as they go about their routine activities are reviewed.
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Factors influencing microhabitat partitioning in arid-land darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae): temperature and water conservation
TL;DR: Four species of Eleodes darkling beetles, inhabiting different microhabitats in an arid, sagebrush–steppe ecosystem, were evaluated in the laboratory for interspecific differences in temperature preferences, high temperature tolerances, water loss and metabolic rates, and it is concluded that differences inmicrohabitat use appear to be independent of inherent physiological capabilities of energy metabolism or water conservation.
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The role of the subelytral cavity in respiration in a tenebrionid beetle, Onymacris multistriata (Tenebrionidae: Adesmiini).
TL;DR: The subelytral cavity of the tenebrionid beetle plays a different role in respiration other than the elimination of CO(2) build-up, and it is expected that other arid dwelling flightless beetles will also be shown to use the mesothoracic spiracle as the major route for carbon dioxide emission.
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Temperature and water relations in desert bees
Pat Willmer,Graham N. Stone +1 more
TL;DR: Endothermy in bees may have evolved primarily in arid zones, and served as a pre-adaptation for subsequent invasion of cool temperate biomes.
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Adaptation and constraint in the evolution of the physiology and behavior of the namib desert tenebrionid beetle genus onymacris.
David Ward,Mary K. Seely +1 more
TL;DR: Adaptive hypotheses pertaining to the physiological abilities of the Namib desert tenebrionid beetle genus Onymacris to withstand the hot, dry desert environment were tested and suggested that a novel means of obtaining water from periodic fogs, known as fog basking, has evolved independently on two occasions.