Exoskeletal chitin scales isometrically with body size in terrestrial insects

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 759-768

  Lease, Hilary M ^a,b   Wolf, Blair O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Chitin; Cuticle; Exoskeleton; Insects; Scaling; Skeleton; Support structures

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CUTICLE PROTEINS, INSECTS; INSECT PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; INTEGUMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CHITIN; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; INSECTS; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SKELETON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952184700     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10835     Document Type: Article

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