Atmospheric oxygen, giant Paleozoic insects and the evolution of aerial locomotor performance

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1043-1050

  Dudley, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Density; Flight; Gigantism; Hyperoxia; Insect; Oxygen; Paleozoic

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EVOLUTION; FLYING; INSECT; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EVOLUTION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; OXYGEN; PALEONTOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CARBONIFEROUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METAZOA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032053171     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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