ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] The larvae of jewel beetles of the genus Melanophila (Buprestidae) can develop only in the wood of trees freshly killed by fire. To arrange this, the beetles need to approach forest fires from as far as 50 kilometres away, . They are the only buprestid beetles known to have paired thoracic pit ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/18585
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