Energetically costly behaviour and the evolution of resting metabolic rate in insects

Functional Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-224

  Reinhold, K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Energetics; Locomotion; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ENERGY USE; INSECT; METABOLISM;

EID: 0033035997     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1999.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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