Water deprivation tolerance and humidity response in a larval dragonfly: A possible adaptation for survival in drying ponds

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-126

  Rebora, Manuela ^a   Piersanti, Silvana ^a   Salerno, Gianandrea ^a   Conti, Eric ^a   Gaino, Elda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Behaviour; Dehydration; Hygroreceptors; Positive hygrotaxis

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; DRAGONFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; LARVA; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); HEXAPODA; LADONA DEPRESSA;

EID: 34247872912     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2006.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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