Climate variability differentially impacts thermal fitness traits in three coprophagic beetle species

Casper Nyamukondiwa; Frank Chidawanyika; Honest Machekano; Reyard Mutamiswa; Bryony Sands; Neludo Mgidiswa; Richard Wall

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0198610

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Climate variability differentially impacts thermal fitness traits in three coprophagic beetle species

Casper Nyamukondiwa ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: nyamukondiwac@biust.ac.bw

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), Palapye, Botswana

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0395-4980

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Frank Chidawanyika,

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Affiliations Agricultural Research Council, Plant Protection Research Institute, Weeds Division, Hilton, South Africa, School of Lifesciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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Honest Machekano,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), Palapye, Botswana
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Reyard Mutamiswa,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), Palapye, Botswana
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Bryony Sands,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
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Neludo Mgidiswa,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST), Palapye, Botswana
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Richard Wall

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
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Climate variability differentially impacts thermal fitness traits in three coprophagic beetle species

Casper Nyamukondiwa,
Frank Chidawanyika,
Honest Machekano,
Reyard Mutamiswa,
Bryony Sands,
Neludo Mgidiswa,
Richard Wall

Published: June 6, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198610

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