Mechanisms of thermal balance in flying Centris pallida (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2321-2331

  Roberts, Stephen P ^a,c   Harrison, Jon F ^a   Hadley, Neil F ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bee; Centris pallida; Flight energetics; Thermoregulation; Water loss

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHITIN; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FLYING; FORELIMB; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; THORAX;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHITIN; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; PERMEABILITY; THORAX; WATER; WING;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOPHORIDAE; APOIDEA; CENTRIS; CENTRIS PALLIDA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032143687     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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