Synchrotron imaging of the grasshopper tracheal system: Morphological and physiological components of tracheal hypermetry

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 297, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Greenlee, Kendra J ^a   Henry, Joanna R ^b   Kirkton, Scott D ^c   Westneat, Mark W ^d   Fezzaa, Kamel ^e   Lee, Wah Keat ^e   Harrison, Jon F ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^d FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Insect; Respiration; Tracheae

Indexed keywords

AIR SAC; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FLIGHT; GRASSHOPPER; HYPOXIA; IMAGING; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCHROTRON; TIDAL VOLUME; TISSUE GROWTH; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; GRASSHOPPERS; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; SYNCHROTRONS; TRACHEA;

EID: 70449642963     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00231.2009     Document Type: Article

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