Beetling the heat – the diurnal Namib Desert beetle <i>Onymacris plana</i> cools by running

Carole S. Roberts, Elizabeth L. McClain, Mary K. Seely, Duncan Mitchell, Victoria L. Goodall, Joh R. Henschel

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DOI: 10.1242/jeb.250379
Published: 2025-08-14
Container: Journal of Experimental Biology
Publisher: The Company of Biologists
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@article{allodium:10.1242/jeb.250379,
  title = {Beetling the heat – the diurnal Namib Desert beetle
                    <i>Onymacris plana</i>
                    cools by running},
  author = {Carole S. Roberts and Elizabeth L. McClain and Mary K. Seely and Duncan Mitchell and Victoria L. Goodall and Joh R. Henschel},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Journal of Experimental Biology},
  doi = {10.1242/jeb.250379},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250379}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Beetling the heat – the diurnal Namib Desert beetle
                    <i>Onymacris plana</i>
                    cools by running
AU  - Carole S. Roberts
AU  - Elizabeth L. McClain
AU  - Mary K. Seely
AU  - Duncan Mitchell
AU  - Victoria L. Goodall
AU  - Joh R. Henschel
PY  - 2025
JO  - Journal of Experimental Biology
DO  - 10.1242/jeb.250379
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250379
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Roberts, C. S., McClain, E. L., Seely, M. K., Mitchell, D., Goodall, V. L., & Henschel, J. R. (2025). Beetling the heat – the diurnal Namib Desert beetle <i>Onymacris plana</i> cools by running. Journal of Experimental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250379

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