Air bells of water spiders are an extended phenotype modified in response to gas composition

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 307, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 549-555

  Schütz, Dolores ^a,b   Taborsky, Michael ^a   Drapela, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPIDER; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; SPIDERS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARGYRONETA AQUATICA;

EID: 34948843982     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.410     Document Type: Article

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