Geographical variation in thermal requirements for insect development

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 303-312

  Honěk, Alous ^a  

^a Res Institute for Plant Nutrition   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Development length; Egg; Larva; Lower development threshold; Pupa; Sum of effective temperatures; Temperature; Total development

Indexed keywords

INSECTA;

EID: 0000203097     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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