Moisture, a Vital but Neglected Factor in the Seasonal Ecology of Insects: Hypotheses and Tests of Mechanisms

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 523-530

  Tauber, Maurice J ^a   Tauber, Catherine A ^a   Nyrop, Jan P ^a   Villani, Michael G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Dormancy; Moisture; Phenology; Reproduction; Soil inhabiting insects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000559760     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.3.523     Document Type: Review

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