Water homeostasis by wild larvae of Manduca sexta

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 82-87

  Woods, H Arthur ^b   Bernays, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caterpillar; Datura wrightii; Defaecation; Faecal water loss; Insect predator interaction; Manduca sexta; Parasitic fly; Parasitoid; Water budget

Indexed keywords

MANDUCA SEXTA;

EID: 0034107238     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2000.00167.x     Document Type: Article

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