Thermal acclimation in a complex life cycle: The effects of larval and adult thermal conditions on metabolic rate and heat resistance in Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1001-1007

  Gray, Emilie M ^a  

^a Department of Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Critical thermal maximum; Environmental predictability; Life cycle; Metabolic rate; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; ADAPTATION; ADULT; HEATING; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MOSQUITO; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; CRITICAL THERMAL MAXIMUM; CULEX; ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTABILITY; FEMALE; HEAT; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLIC RATE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACCLIMATION; CRITICAL THERMAL MAXIMUM; ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLIC RATE; MOSQUITO;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ANIMALS; BASAL METABOLISM; CULEX; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; LARVA;

EID: 84883250905     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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