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Responses of terrestrial insects to hypoxia or hyperoxia by Harrison, Jon, Frazier, Melanie R, Henry, Joanna R, Kaiser, Alexander, Klok, C.J, Rascón, Brenda

“…Oxygen is critically important for catabolic ATP generation but is also a dangerous source of reactive oxygen species. Insects respond to short-term exposure…”
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Inertia in physiological traits: Embryonopsis halticella caterpillars (Yponomeutidae) across the Antarctic Polar Frontal Zone by Klok, C.J., Chown, S.L.

“…Geographic variation is characteristic of many physiological traits at the population and species levels. However, several recent studies have suggested that…”
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Scaling of insect metabolic rate is inconsistent with the nutrient supply network model by CHOWN, S.L, MARAIS, E, TERBLANCHE, J.S, KLOK, C.J, LIGHTON, J.R.B, BLACKBURN, T.M

“…1. The nutrient supply network model of the metabolic theory of ecology predicts that metabolic rate scales as mass⁰·⁷⁵ at all hierarchical levels. 2. An…”
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Single and multigenerational responses of body mass to atmospheric oxygen concentrations in Drosophila melanogaster : evidence for roles of plasticity and evolution by KLOK, C.J, HUBB, A.J, HARRISON, J.F

“…Greater oxygen availability has been hypothesized to be important in allowing the evolution of larger invertebrates during the Earth's history, and across…”
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Temperature- and body mass-related variation in cyclic gas exchange characteristics and meabolic rate of seven weevil species: Broader implications by Klok, C.J, Chown, S.L

“…The influence of temperature on metabolic rate and characteristics of the gas exchange patterns of flightless, sub-Antarctic Ectemnorhinus-group species from…”
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The effects of acclimation on thermal tolerance, desiccation resistance and metabolic rate in Chirodica chalcoptera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) by Terblanche, John S., Sinclair, Brent J., Jaco Klok, C., McFarlane, Mhairi L., Chown, Steven L.

“…Despite much focus on species responses to environmental variation through space and time, many higher taxa and geographic areas remain poorly studied. We…”
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Environmental physiology of three species of Collembola at Cape Hallett, North Victoria Land, Antarctica by Sinclair, Brent J., Terblanche, John S., Scott, Matthew B., Blatch, Gregory L., Jaco Klok, C., Chown, Steven L.

“…The environmental physiology of three speciesof Collembola: Cryptopygus cisantarcticus, Isotoma klovstadi (Isotomidae) and Friesea grisea (Neanuridae) was…”
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Metabolic rate variation in Glossina pallidipes (Diptera: Glossinidae): gender, ageing and repeatability by Terblanche, J.S, Klok, C.J, Chown, S.L

“…Despite the importance of metabolic rate in determining flight time of tsetse and in mediating the influence of abiotic variables on life history parameters…”
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Assessing the benefits of aggregation: thermal biology and water relations of anomalous Emperor moth caterpillars by Klok, C. J., Chown, S. L.

“…1. Three hypotheses have been proposed to account for the maintenance of aggregation behaviour in caterpillars. While the benefits of aggregation for defence…”
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Temperature-dependence of metabolic rate in Glossina morsitans morsitans (Diptera, Glossinidae) does not vary with gender, age, feeding, pregnancy or acclimation by Terblanche, John S., Jaco Klok, C., Chown, Steven L.

“…While variation in metabolic rate at a single temperature can occur for a variety of reasons and the effect of temperature is well established in insects,…”
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Temperature- and body mass-related variation in cyclic gas exchange characteristics and metabolic rate of seven weevil species: Broader implications by Klok, C.J., Chown, S.L.

“…The influence of temperature on metabolic rate and characteristics of the gas exchange patterns of flightless, sub-Antarctic Ectemnorhinus-group species from…”
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Critical thermal limits, temperature tolerance and water balance of a sub-Antarctic caterpillar, Pringleophaga marioni (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) by Jaco Klok, C, Chown, Steven L

“…Thermal tolerance, supercooling point, water balance and osmoregulatory ability of Pringleophaga marioni Viette (Lepidoptera: Tineidae) are investigated in…”
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Metabolic rate in the whip-spider, Damon annulatipes (Arachnida: Amblypygi) by Terblanche, John S, Jaco Klok, C, Marais, Elrike, Chown, Steven L

“…Metabolic rate estimates as well as a measure of their repeatability and response to laboratory acclimation are provided for the amblypygid Damon annulatipes…”
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Interactions between desiccation resistance, host-plant contact and the thermal biology of a leaf-dwelling sub-antarctic caterpillar, Embryonopsis halticella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) by Klok, C.Jaco, Chown, Steven L

“…During May 1997 thermal tolerance, supercooling point (SCP), low and high temperature survival, and desiccation resistance were examined in field-fresh…”
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Field thermal ecology and water relations of gregaria phase African armyworm caterpillars, Spodoptera exempta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by Klok, C.J., Chown, S.L.

“…Thermal biology, water relations and behaviour of gregaria phase Spodoptera exempta caterpillars were examined in the field. Regression analysis indicated that…”
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