Discontinuous gas exchange and water loss in the keratin beetle Omorgus radula: Further evidence against the water conservation hypothesis?

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 309-314

  Bosch, M ^a   Chown, S L ^a   Scholtz, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Discontinuous gas exchange; Respiratory metabolism; Transpiration; Water loss

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SCARABAEOIDEA; TROGIDAE;

EID: 0034520018     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2000.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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