Resting metabolism and critical thermal maxima of vespine wasps (Vespula sp.)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 679-689

  Käfer, Helmut ^a   Kovac, Helmut ^a   Stabentheiner, Anton ^a  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Respiration; Resting metabolism; Temperature; Thermolimit respirometry; Wasp

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ENDOTHERMY; HONEYBEE; METABOLISM; RESPIRATION; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT; MALE; METABOLISM; WASP;

ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; MALE; WASPS;

APIS MELLIFERA; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; VESPIDAE; VESPULA;

EID: 84859597197     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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