Physiological, morphological and ecological traits drive desiccation resistance in north temperate dung beetles

BMC Zoology

Table 4 Average trait values and standard deviations for each species

Species	Dead individuals/Total	BM ± SD (mg)	DR ± SD (hr hr⁻¹)	WLR ± SD (mg mg hr⁻¹)	WLT ± SD (%)	fWC ± SD (mg mg⁻¹)
G. stercorarius	31/38	247.787 ± 120.305	0.646 ± 0.160	0.008 ± 0.002	50.934 ± 8.631	2.177 ± 3.212
O. fracticornis	12/39	18.158 ± 5.334	0.755 ± 0.199	0.007 ± 0.003	70.661 ± 18.170	4.286 ± 1.528
O. taurus	8/16	21.175 ± 5.926	0.768 ± 0.193	0.008 ± 0.004	64.465 ± 15.513	2.063 ± 0.694
E. fulvus	8/15	18.388 ± 3.966	0.671 ± 0.228	0.012 ± 0.006	69.671 ± 6.255	2.421 ± 1.303
S. schaefferi	4/8	22.350 ± 6.267	0.766 ± 0.125	0.005 ± 0.002	47.342 ± 16.704	2.958 ± 1.575
R. foetens	7/7	36.643 ± 5.259	0.393 ± 0.145	0.014 ± 0.006	54.812 ± 3.313	2.210 ± 0.495
C. erraticus	7/7	8.229 ± 1.497	0.393 ± 0.121	0.018 ± 0.007	62.011 ± 13.101	2.398 ± 0.775
B. rufa	7/7	13.014 ± 1.483	0.634 ± 0.126	0.009 ± 0.003	50.173 ± 15.636	2.335 ± 1.620

We specified the number of animals that died during the experiment, BM Body Mass, DR Desiccation Resistance, WLR Water Loss Rate, WLT Water Loss Tolerance and fWC Fractional Water Content with the respective SD Standard Deviations

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