Geographic and altitudinal variation in water balance and metabolic rate in a California grasshopper, Melanoplus sanguinipes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2699-2712

  Rourke, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticular lipid; Discontinuous gas exchange cycle; Discontinuous ventilation; Elevation; Grasshopper; Melanoplus sanguinipes; Metabolic rate; Water loss

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; BREATHING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSHOPPER; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; BODY WATER; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GRASSHOPPERS; LIPIDS; MALE; RESPIRATION; SEX FACTORS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES;

EID: 0033801123     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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