Effects of temperature on cuticular lipids and water balance in a desert Drosophila: Is thermal acclimation beneficial?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-80

  Gibbs, Allen G ^a   Louie, Angela K ^a,b   Ayala, Jose A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^c American University of the Caribbean   (Netherlands Antilles)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Cuticular lipids; Desert fruit fly; Drosophila mojavensis; Pheromone; Temperature; Water loss

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; DESERT CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; HEAT; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WATER; DESERT CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; HEAT; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA MOJAVENSIS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031885477     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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