Nutritional homeostasis in locusts: Is there a mechanism for increased energy expenditure during carbohydrate overfeeding?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 2437-2448

  Zanotto, Flavia P ^a,c   Gouveia, Scott M ^a   Simpson, Stephen J ^a   Raubenheimer, D ^a   Calder, Phillip C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate overfeeding; Feeding; Locust; Locusta migratoria; Nutritional homeostasis; Respiration rate; Unbalanced diets; Wastage respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030833226     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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