Impacts of Paleo-Oxygen Levels on the Size, Development, Reproduction, and Tracheal Systems of Blatella germanica

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-93

  vandenBrooks, John M ^a   Munoz, Elyse E ^a   Weed, Michael D ^a   Ford, Colleen F ^a   Harrison, Michael A ^a   Harrison, Jon F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cockroaches; Hyperoxia; Insects; Oxygen; Paleontology; Paleozoic

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84857451791     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-011-9138-3     Document Type: Article

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