Participation of book lungs in evaporative water loss in Paraphysa parvula, a migalomorph spider from Chilean Andes

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 731-735

  Figueroa, D P ^a   Sabat, P ^a,b   Torres Contreras, H ^a   Veloso, C ^a   Canals, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity   (Chile)

Author keywords

Evaporative water loss; Metabolism; Theraphosidae

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ADAPTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; EVAPORATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESPIRATION; SPIDER; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILE; LUNG; METABOLISM; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHILE; LUNG; SPIDERS; WATER;

ANDES; CHILE;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; PARAPHYSA; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 77954863509     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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