Revisiting water loss in insects: A large scale view

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1377-1388

  Addo Bediako, Abraham ^a   Chown, Steven L ^a,c   Gaston, Kevin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Desiccation resistance; Metabolic rate; Respiratory transpiration; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; INSECT; STRESS RESISTANCE; WATER STRESS;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DESICCATION; INSECT; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; SWEATING; WATER LOSS;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0035174249     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(01)00128-7     Document Type: Article

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