Metabolic cold adaptation in insects: A large-scale perspective

Functional Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 332-338

  Addo Bediako, A ^a   Chown, S L ^b   Gaston, K J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flightlessness; Metabolic rate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; INSECT; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

ATRIPLEX PUSILLA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036087749     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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