Respiratory Q10 varies between populations of two species of Myrmica ants according to the latitude of their sites

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 559-564

  Nielsen, M G ^a   Elmes, G W ^b   Kipyatkov, V E ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Formicidae; Latitude; Myrmica; Q10; Respiration rate

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

MYRMICA; MYRMICA RUGINODIS; MYRMICA SCABRINODIS;

EID: 0033012918     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00162-0     Document Type: Article

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