Respiration of individual honeybee larvae in relation to age and ambient temperature

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

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 511-518

  Petz, Markus ^a   Stabentheiner, Anton ^a   Crailsheim, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Apis; CO2 production; Honeybee larva; Respiration; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; BEES; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

EID: 6344278733     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-004-0439-z     Document Type: Article

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