Symmorphosis and the insect respiratory system: Allometric variation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 3225-3237

  Snelling, Edward P ^a   Seymour, Roger S ^a   Runciman, Sue ^b   Matthews, Philip G D ^c   White, Craig R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometry; Anatomical diffusing capacity; Insect; Locust; Mitochondria; Stereology; Symmorphosis; Tracheal system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; DIFFUSION; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LIMB; LOCUST; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DIFFUSION; EXTREMITIES; LARVA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

HEXAPODA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA;

EID: 80052620012     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.058438     Document Type: Article

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