Respiratory physiology and water relations of three species of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 293-302

  Quinlan, Michael C ^a   Lighton, John R B ^b  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinuous gas exchange; Harvester ants; Pogonomyrmex; Water relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032737958     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1999.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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