Switching off the heater: Influence of ambient temperature on thermoregulation by eastern skunk cabbage Symplocarpus foetidus

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 50, Issue 338, 1999, Pages 1525-1532

  Seymour, Roger S ^a   Blaylock, Amy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araceae; Heat production; Oxygen consumption; Temperature regulation; Thermogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARACEAE; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CARNIVORA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SYMPLOCARPUS FOETIDUS;

EID: 0032826422     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/50.338.1525     Document Type: Article

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