One of the general characteristics that defines the phylum Arthropoda (which includes insects, spiders, and crustaceans) is an external skeleton, also called an exoskeleton. The arthropod exoskeleton completely covers the outside of the body and the...

The process of shedding of the exoskeleton of outer body wall in arthropod growth: also termed...

In biology, moulting (or molting,[1] also known as shedding or for some species, ecdysis) signifies the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often but not always an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of year,...

Capsule Body mass loss was mainly affected by daily travel distance between roost site and feeding patches. Aims To determine the effects on the rate of body mass loss caused by differences in daily travel distance, frequency of disturbance events and return intervals...

MICHEAL O ' BRIAIN, (1) AUSTIN REED (2) and STEWART D. MACDONALD (3) (Received 25 July 1994; accepted in revised form 8 April 1998) ABSTRACT. We studied the breeding and moulting ecology of eastern High Arctic brant Branta bernicla hrota on Bathurst and Seymour...