Haemolymph sugar levels in a nectar-feeding ant: Dependence on metabolic expenditure and carbohydrate deprivation

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-165

  Schilman, Pablo E ^a,b   Roces, Flavio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Camponotus rufipes; Fructose; Glucose; Sucrose; Trehalose

Indexed keywords

CAMPONOTUS RUFIPES; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 38349099591     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-007-0207-y     Document Type: Article

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