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Bedick J. C., W. W. Hoback, and M. C. Albrecht. 2006. High water-loss rates and rapid
dehydration in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus marginatus. Physiological
Entomology 31:23–29.
Interesting case of a beetle species that uses behavior rather than water proofing as its
principal means of avoiding dessication.
Dawson, T. E., S. Mambelli, A. H. Plamboeck, P. H. Templer, and K. P. Tu. 2002. Stable
isotopes in plant ecology. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 33:507–99.
Ehleringer, J. R., J. Roden, and T. E. Dawson. 2000. Assessing ecosystem-level water
relations through stable isotope ratio analyses. In O. E. Sala, R. B. Jackson, H. A.
Mooney, and R. W. Howarth. eds. Methods in Ecosystem Science. New York:
Springer.
Overview and introduction to stable isotope analysis in ecology.
Duan D. Y., H. Ouyang, M. H. Song, and Q. W. Hu 2008. Water sources of dominant
species in three alpine ecosystems on the Tibetan Plateau, China. Journal of
Integrative Plant Biology 50:257–64. (Available online at www.jipb.net)
Study of the use of different water sources by plants of various growth forms growing on
the Tibetan Plateau.
Dong, X. J. and X. S. Zhang. 2001. Some observations of the adaptations of sandy shrubs
to the arid environment of the Mu Us Sandland: leaf water relations and anatomic
features. Journal of Arid Environments 48:41–48.
Ohte, N., K. Koba, K. Yoshikawa, A. Sugimoto, N. Matsuo, N. Kabeya, and L. H. Wang.
2003. Water utilization of natural and planted trees in the semiarid desert of Inner
Mongolia, China. Ecological Applications 13:337–51.
Introduction to some of the plants and application of stable isotope analysis to
understanding one of the great deserts of the world.
Duncan, F. D. and M. J. Byrne. 2005. The role of the mesothoracic spiracles in
respiration in flighted and flightless dung beetles. The Journal of Experimental
Biology 208:907–14.
Fascinating recent discoveries of water conservation mechanisms in closely related
beetles species that live along a gradient of aridity in southern Africa.
Hamilton, III, W. J. and M. K. Seely. 1976. Fog basking by the Namib Desert beetle,
Onymacris unguicularis. Nature 262:284-285.
Nøgaard, T. and M. Dacke. 2010. Fog-basking behaviour and water collection efficiency
in Namib Desert darkling beetles. Frontiers in Zoology 7:23.
Hamilton and Seely describe their discovery of fog harvesting by Onymacris
unguicularis, while Nøgaard and Dacke update the study of this fascinating species
through a comparison of water collection efficiency with three other Onymacris species.
Schenk, H. J. and R. B. Jackson. 2002. The global biogeography of roots. Ecological
Monographs 72:311–28.
Intriguing analysis of a massive set of 475 root profiles from 209 localities from around
the earth.
Tracy, R. L. and G. E. Walsberg. 2000. Prevalence of cutaneous evaporation in
Merriam’s kangaroo rat and its adaptive variation at the subspecific level. Journal of
Experimental Biology 203:773–81.
Tracy, R. L. and G. E. Walsberg. 2001. Intraspecific variation in water loss in a desert
rodent, Dipodomys merriami. Ecology 82:1130–37.
Tracy, R. L. and G. E. Walsberg. 2002. Kangaroo rats revisited: re-evaluating a classic
case of desert survival. Oecologia 133:449–57.
Studies revealing adaptation to local climates by a desert rodent long studied by
physiological ecologists.