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Can Oxygen Set Thermal Limits in an Insect and Drive Gigantism?
BACKGROUND: Thermal limits may arise through a mismatch between oxygen supply and demand in a range of animal taxa. Whilst this oxygen limitation hypothesis is supported by data from a range of marine fish and invertebrates, its generality remains contentious. In particular, it is unclear whether ox...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3144910/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21818347 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022610 |