Respiration in bumblebee queens: Effect of life phase on the discontinuous ventilation cycle

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 295-298

  Beekman, M ^a,b   Van Stratum, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; Carbon dioxide concentration; Discontinuous ventilation cycle; Gas exchange; Oxygen concentration

Indexed keywords

BOMBUS TERRESTRIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032721009     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00550.x     Document Type: Article

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