The respiratory complementarity of spider book lung and tracheal systems

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 236, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-64

  Opell, Brent D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Book lung; Independent contrast; Spider; Tracheae; Uloboridae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031933885     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199804)236:1<57::AID-JMOR4>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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