Intra-individual variation allows an explicit test of the hygric hypothesis for discontinuous gas exchange in insects

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 274-277

  Williams, Caroline M ^a   Pelini, Shannon L ^b,c   Hellmann, Jessica J ^b   Sinclair, Brent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinuous gas exchange; Lepidoptera; Respiratory water loss

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BUTTERFLY; CARBON DIOXIDE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GAS EXCHANGE; LARVA; RESPIRATION;

ERYNNIS; HESPERIIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 77951494025     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0803     Document Type: Article

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