dung beetles eat acorns to increase their ovarian development and thermal tolerance金龟子吃橡子增加卵巢发育和热宽容.pdfVIP

Dung Beetles Eat Acorns to Increase Their Ovarian Development and Thermal Tolerance ´ ´ 1 ´ 1 2 1 Jose R. Verdu *, Jose L. Casas , Jorge M. Lobo , Catherine Numa 1 I. U. CIBIO, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain, 2 Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC, Madrid, Spain Abstract Animals eat different foods in proportions that yield a more favorable balance of nutrients. Despite known examples of these behaviors across different taxa, their ecological and physiologic