Intermolt development reduces oxygen delivery capacity and jumping performance in the American locust (Schistocerca americana)

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-230

  Kirkton, Scott D ^a   Hennessey, Lauren E ^a   Duffy, Bridget ^a   Bennett, Meghan M ^b   Lee, Wah Keat ^c   Greenlee, Kendra J ^b  

^a UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grasshopper; Insect; Ontogeny; Tracheae; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

AIR SAC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

AIR SACS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE; GRASSHOPPERS; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MOLTING; OXYGEN; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; SCHISTOCERCA AMERICANA;

EID: 84862965098     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00360-011-0615-x     Document Type: Article

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