Evaporative Cooling in Insects

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 493-499

  Prange, Henry D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Evaporative cooling; Insect; Water loss

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001614610     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(95)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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