Response of body temperature to solar radiation in restrained nymphal migratory grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae): Influences of orientation and body size

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-139

  Lactin, Derek J ^a,b   Johnson, Dan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Body temperature; Convection; Grasshopper; Greybody radiation; Insolation; Melanoplus sanguinipes; Simulation model; Solar radiation; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIDAE; INSECTA; MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0031009076     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1997.tb01150.x     Document Type: Article

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