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Pretty Cool Beetles: Can Manipulation of Visible and Near-Infrared Sunlight Prevent Overheating?

Passive thermoregulation is an important strategy to prevent overheating in thermally challenging environments. Can the diversity of optical properties found in Christmas beetles (Rutelinae) be an advantage to keep cool? We measured changes in temperature of the elytra of 26 species of Christmas bee...

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Autores principales: Ospina-Rozo, Laura, Subbiah, Jegadesan, Seago, Ainsley, Stuart-Fox, Devi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9470487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36110288
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/obac036