Reactive oxygen species production and discontinuous gas exchange in insects

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1730, 2012, Pages 893-901

  Boardman, Leigh ^a   Terblanche, John S ^a   Hetz, Stefan K ^b   Marais, Elrike ^a   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Discontinuous gas exchange; Metabolism; Oxidative damage; Periodic ventilation; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; GAS EXCHANGE; MOTH; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PUPA; REAL TIME; RESPIRATION;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; SAMIA CYNTHIA;

EID: 84856295002     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1243     Document Type: Article

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