Temporal and spatial metabolic rate variation in the Antarctic springtail Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-64

  McGaughran, A ^a   Convey, P ^b   Redding, G P ^a   Stevens, M I ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collembola; Metabolic cold adaptation; Metabolism; Microclimate; Physiological variability; Polar

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANNUAL CYCLE; INSECT; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INSECT; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; SEASON;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECTS; MICROCLIMATE; SEASONS;

ANTARCTICA; CAPE BIRD; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS ISLAND;

AVES; COLLEMBOLA; GOMPHIOCEPHALUS HODGSONI;

EID: 71449099053     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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