Phenotypic plasticity of gas exchange pattern and water loss in Scarabaeus spretus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): deconstructing the basis for metabolic rate variation

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  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Biology

• Publication date

  2010-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1242/jeb.041889PMID 20709922
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