Allometric scaling of flight energetics in Panamanian orchid bees: A comparative phylogenetic approach

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3581-3591

  Darveau, Charles A ^a   Hochachka, Peter W ^a   Welch Jr , Kenneth C ^b   Roubik, David W ^c   Suarez, Raul K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Allometry; Evolution; Metabolic rate; Orchid bee; Phylogenetically independent contrasts; Wing loading; Wingbeat frequency

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTOCHROME B;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLYING; FORELIMB; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANAMA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; BODY SIZE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CYTOCHROMES B; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANAMA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WING;

APOIDEA; EUGLOSSINI; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 26844447777     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01776     Document Type: Article

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