Standard metabolic rate of the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren: Effects of temperature, mass, and caste

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 655-666

  Vogt, James T ^a   Appel, Arthur G ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetics; Mass scaling; Oxygen consumption; Respiration; Respiratory quotient

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0032975865     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(99)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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