Pump out the volume-The effect of tracheal and subelytral pressure pulses on convective gas exchange in a dung beetle, Circellium bacchus (Fabricus)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 551-558

  Duncan, Frances D ^a   Förster, Thomas D ^b   Hetz, Stefan K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discontinuous gas exchange cycles; Pressure; Respiration; Subelytral cavity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIRFLOW; BEETLE; CONVECTION; GAS EXCHANGE; MOVEMENT; PRESSURE; RESPIRATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BEETLE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BEETLES; CARBON DIOXIDE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES;

CIRCELLIUM; CIRCELLIUM BACCHUS; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 77950627831     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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