Phenotypic plasticity of gas exchange pattern and water loss in Scarabaeus spretus (Coleóptera: Scarabaeidae): Deconstructing the basis for metabolic rate variation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 2940-2949

  Terblanche, John S ^a   Clusella Trullas, Susana ^a   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Climate change; Desiccation; Metabolic depression; Respirometry; Starvation; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BEETLE; BODY WEIGHT; GAS; INTEGUMENT; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; TIME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; GASES; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; SCARABAEIDAE; SCARABAEUS;

EID: 77956256198     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.041889     Document Type: Article

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