Effects of insect body size on tracheal structure and function

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 618, Issue , 2007, Pages 221-228

  Kirkton, Scott D ^a  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Convection; Diffusion; Grasshopper; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SELENIUM;

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EVOKED RESPONSE AUDIOMETRY; FATIGUE; HYPOXIA; LUNG FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRACHEA; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; SCHISTOCERCA AMERICANA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECTS; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; TRACHEA; X-RAYS;

EID: 58249123373     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75434-5_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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