Temperature dependence of water loss rates in scorpions and its effect on the distribution of Buthotus judaicus (Buthidae) in Israel

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 58-62

  Gefen, Eran ^a   Ar, Amos ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Buthidae; Cuticle; Desiccation; Distribution; Permeability; Scorpions; Temperature; Water loss; Xeric

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; BUTHOTUS JUDAICUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEMOLYMPH; ISRAEL; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; SCORPION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER LOSS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BUTHIDAE; HOTTENTOTTA JUDAICUS; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS; SCORPIONES; SCORPIONIDAE;

EID: 33646185157     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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