Breathe softly, beetle: Continuous gas exchange, water loss and the role of the subelytral space in the tenebrionid beetle, Eleodes obscura

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 192-203

  Schilman, Pablo E ^a   Kaiser, Alexander ^b   Lighton, John R B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d Sable Systems International   (United States)

Author keywords

Cuticular permeability; Discontinuous gas exchange cycle; Metabolic rate; Open flow respirometry; Respiratory water loss

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BEETLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EXCHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; FORELIMB; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CARBON DIOXIDE; DESERT CLIMATE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY TRANSPORT; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; WING;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; ELEODES; HEXAPODA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 38149135686     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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