Effects of diet on titratable acid-base excretion in grasshoppers

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 66-76

  Frazier, Melanie R ^a   Harrison, Jon F ^a   Behmer, Spencer T ^b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOCERCA AMERICANA;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FECES; GRASSHOPPER; HOMEOSTASIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DIET; FECES; GRASSHOPPERS; HOMEOSTASIS; PLANTS;

EID: 0034018262     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/316722     Document Type: Article

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