Discontinuous gas-exchange cycles in Scarabaeus dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): Mass-scaling and temperature dependence

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 555-565

  Davis, Adrian L V ^a   Chown, Steven L ^a   Scholtz, Clarke H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; GAS EXCHANGE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BREATHING; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY CONSTITUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033197566     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316698     Document Type: Article

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