Impacts of temperature, hunger and reproductive condition on metabolic rates of flower-dwelling crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-52

  Schmalhofer, Victoria R ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; mass scaling; Q10; SMR, starvation

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MISUMENOIDES FORMOSIPES; MISUMENOPS ASPERATUS; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 79959537748     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/Hi09-103.1     Document Type: Article

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