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Fog catchment sand trenches constructed by Tenebrionid beetles, Lepidochora, from the Namib desert / Mary K. Seely; William J. Hamilton

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Science, American Association fot the Advancement of Science, Volume 193, No. 4252Publication details: California : Ecology Institute, University of California, 1976Description: 3 pages : fig. table; 28 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • REP 595.764 SEE
Summary: Three species of coastal Namib desert tenebrionid beetles (Lepidochora) build trenches on desert sand dunes. Trenches are constructed perpendicular to fog winds and concentrate moisture during fogs. The beetles return along the ridges of the trenches extracting water from them. The water content of a population of these beetles increased by 13,9 persent during one fog
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Three species of coastal Namib desert tenebrionid beetles (Lepidochora) build trenches on desert sand dunes. Trenches are constructed perpendicular to fog winds and concentrate moisture during fogs. The beetles return along the ridges of the trenches extracting water from them. The water content of a population of these beetles increased by 13,9 persent during one fog

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