Thermoregulation in four species of British grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 705-713

  Willott, S J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ectotherm; Habitat selection; Microclimate

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; GRASSHOPPER; SWARD LENGTH; THERMOREGULATION;

BRECKLAND; ENGLAND; UK;

ACRIDIDAE; CHORTHIPPUS BRUNNEUS; CHORTIPPUS BRUNNEUS; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MYRMELEOTETTIX; MYRMELEOTETTIX MACULATUS; OMOCESTUS; OMOCESTUS VIRIDULUS; ORTHOPTERA; STENOBOTHRUS; STENOBOTHRUS LINEATUS;

EID: 0031406052     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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