Body size is not critical for critical PO2 in scarabaeid and tenebrionid beetles

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2524-2533

  Lease, Hilary M ^a,b   Klok, Cornelis J ^c   Kaiser, Alexander ^d,e   Harrison, Jon F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Free Waldorf School   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allometry; Coleoptera; Insect; Metabolism; Oxygen delivery; Respiration; Scaling; Trachea

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FLYING; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TENEBRIO;

ANAEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PHYLOGENY; SAMPLE SIZE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; SCARABAEIDAE; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 84863831097     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.057141     Document Type: Article

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