Life in extreme environments: Investigat
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Elke Schleucher; Roland Prinzinger; Philip C. Withers
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Article
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1991
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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The Diamond Dove, Geopelia cuneata, is the world's second smallest (ca. 35 g) species of the columbid order. The Diamond Dove is endemic in the arid and semiarid Mulga and Spinifex regions of Central and Western Australia. It regularly encounters ambient temperatures (T ) in its habitat above +40ยฐ C