Lipid content of terrestrial arthropods in relation to body size, phylogeny, ontogeny and sex

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-38

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Arthropods; Body size; Energy storage; Insects; Lipid; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARACHNID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; INSECT; LIPID; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY;

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79951542846     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2010.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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