The scaling of carbon dioxide release and respiratory water loss in flying fruit flies (Drosophila spp.)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1613-1624

  Lehmann, Fritz Olaf ^a,b   Dickinson, Michael H ^b   Staunton, Jocelyn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide release; Drosophila; Flight force; Fruit fly; Water loss

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARENA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034086164     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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