Metabolic rates in harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones): The influence of running activity

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-81

  Schmitz, Anke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous gas exchange; Ground beetle; pH receptor; Respiration; Tracheal system

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; RESPIRATION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; OPILIONES; PHALANGIOIDEA; TROGULOIDEA;

EID: 14344266612     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6962.2005.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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