Overwintering strategies of terrestrial invertebrates in Antarctica - The significance of flexibility in extremely seasonal environments

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 489-505

  Convey, Peter ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Diapause; Invertebrate; Life history flexibility; Quiescence

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0000916553     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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