Influence of body size and environmental temperature on carbon dioxide production by forest centipedes from southwestern North America

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 673-680

  Pennington, Lindsey A ^a   Meehan, Timothy D ^a,b  

^a Santa Fe Radiology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Chilopoda; Environmental temperature; Metabolic rate; New Mexico

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INSECT; LABORATORY METHOD; METABOLISM; MONTANE FOREST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BODY SIZE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ECOSYSTEM; NORTH AMERICA; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; CHILOPODA; GLYPTOCEPHALUS;

EID: 34548185652     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[673:IOBSAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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