Individual reflectance of solar radiation confers a thermoregulatory benefit to dimorphic males bees (Centris pallida) using distinct microclimates

• Meghan Barrett ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: meghan.barrett21@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Department of Biology, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1270-4983

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• Sean O’Donnell

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Department of Biodiversity, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

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