Increase in tracheal investment with beetle size supports hypothesis of oxygen limitation on insect gigantism

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 104, Issue 32, 2007, Pages 13198-13203

  Kaiser, Alexander ^a   Klok, C Jaco ^b   Socha, John J ^c   Lee, Wah Keat ^c   Quinlan, Michael C ^a   Harrison, Jon F ^b  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Hyperoxia; Tenebrionidae; Tracheal system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; GAS EXCHANGE; GIGANTISM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PERMIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA; X RAY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; TENEBRIONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

OXYGEN;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; GIGANTISM; OXYGEN; TRACHEA;

EID: 34548750842     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611544104     Document Type: Article

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