Body size-independent safety margins for gas exchange across grasshopper species

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1288-1296

  Greenlee, Kendra J ^a   Nebeker, Christina ^b   Harrison, Jon F ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gigantism; Insect; Oxygen delivery; Scaling

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASSHOPPER; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GRASSHOPPERS; LINEAR MODELS; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESPIRATORY TRANSPORT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34248354662     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.001982     Document Type: Article

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