The effects of temperature, desiccation, and body mass on the locomotion of the terrestrial isopod, Porcellio laevis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-166

  Dailey, Tara M ^a   Claussen, Dennis L ^a   Ladd, Gregory B ^a   Buckner, Shizuka T ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Desiccation; Isopods; Porcellio laevis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; EXPOSURE; GAIT; ISOPODA; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES HABITAT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VELOCITY; VERTEBRATE; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; ISOPODA; PORCELLIO LAEVIS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DESICCATION; ISOPODA; LOCOMOTION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 64849107593     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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