Water balance in desert Drosophila: Lessons from non-charismatic microfauna

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 781-789

  Gibbs, Allen G ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Desert; Desiccation; Discontinuous ventilation; Drosophila; Laboratory selection; Metabolism; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; DEHYDRATION; DESERT; DESICCATION; DROSOPHILA; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FAUNA; FLUID BALANCE; METABOLISM; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES HABITAT; WATER CONTENT; WATER LOSS; WATER STRESS; ANIMAL; DESERT CLIMATE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DEHYDRATION; DESERT CLIMATE; DROSOPHILA; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0036848667     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00208-8     Document Type: Review

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