Non-linear scaling of oxygen consumption and heart rate in a very large cockroach species (Gromphadorhina portentosa): Correlated changes with body size and temperature

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1137-1143

  Streicher, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Cox, Christian L ^b   Birchard, Geoffrey F ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Cuticle mass; Heart rate; Insect; Metabolic rate; Scaling; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; COCKROACH; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; COCKROACHES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BLATTARIA; GROMPHADORHINA PORTENTOSA; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858674164     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.061143     Document Type: Article

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