Scorpion Burrows References


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Crawford, R.L., 1981. Burrowing behavior in the scorpion Paruroctonus boreus (Girard). Washington State Entomological Society Proceedings, sup. 43, p. 603.

Danin, A., 1994. Association of Salsola inermis and scorpion burrows in leached soils in the Judean Desert, Israel. Israel Journal of Plant Sciences, v. 42, n. 1, p. 37. Harington, A., 1978, Burrowing biology of the scorpion Cheloctonus jonesii Pocock (Arachnida: Scorpionida: Scorpionidae). Journal of Arachnology, v. 5, n. 3, p. 243-249.

Eastwood, E.B., 1978. Notes on the scorpion fauna of the Cape South Africa: part 4, the burrowing activities of some scorpionids and buthids (Arachnida: Scorpionida). Annals of the South African Museum, v. 74, n. 11, p. 249-255.

Harrington, A., 1978. Burrowing biology of the scorpion Cheloctonus jonesii Pocock (Arachnida: Scorpionida: Scorpionidae). Journal of Arachnology, v. 5, n. 3, p. 243-249.

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Lamoral, B.H., 1978. Soil hardness, an important and limiting factor in burrowing scorpions of the genus Opisthophthlmus C.L. Koch, 1837 (Scorpionidae, Scorpionida). Symposia of the Zoological Society of London, sup. 42, p. 171-181.

Myers, C.A., 1985. Burrowing biology and spatial distribution of desert scorpions. American Arachnology, sup. 32, p. 10

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Rutin, J., 1996. The burrowing activity of scorpions (Scorpio maurus palmatus) and their potential contribution to the erosion of Hamra soils in Karkur, central Israel. Geomorphology, v. 15, n. 2, p. 159-168. doi: 10.1016/0169-555X(95)00120-T

Shivashankar, T., 1992. The importance of burrowing for the scorpion Heterometrus fulvipes Koch. (Arachnida). Journal of Soil Biology and Ecology, v. 12, n. 2, p. 134-138.

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Shorthouse, D.J., Marples, T.G., 1980. Observations on the burrow and associated behaviour of the arid-zone scorpion Urodacus yaschenkoi (Birula). Australian Journal of Zoology, v. 28, n. 4, p. 581-590. doi: 10.1071/ZO9800581

Tare, T.G., Vad, N.E., Renapurkar, D.M., 1993. Burrow patterns of the scorpion Heterometrus indus. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, v. 7, n. 1, p. 102-104. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1993.tb00660.x

White, C.R., 2001. The energetics of burrow excavation by the inland robust scorpion, Urodacus yaschenoki (Birula, 1903). Australian Journal of Zoology, v. 49, p. 663-674.

Williams, S.C., 1966. Burrowing activities of the scorpion Anuroctonus phaeodactylus (Wood) (Scorpionida: Vejovidae). Proc Calif A Cad Sci, v. 43, p. 8, p. 419-428.

Woodman, J.D., 2008. Living in a shallow burrow under a rock: gas exchange and water loss in an Australian scorpion. Journal of Thermal Biology, v. 33, n. 5, p. 280-286. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.02.006