Comparative study of the metabolic responses during food shortage and subsequent recovery at different temperatures in the adult lesser mealworm, Alphitobius diaperinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 291-301

  Renault, D ^a   Hervant, F ^b   Vernon, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Glycerol; Insect; Proteins; Re feeding; Starvation; Temperature; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STARVATION;

ALPHITOBIUS; ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0036945320     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2002.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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