Thermoelectric effect in hornet (Vespa orientalis) silk and thermoregulation in a hornet's nest

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 753-759

  Ishay, Jacob S ^a   Barenholz Paniry, Vered ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dark conduction; Hornets; Joule heating; Organic semiconductors; Peltier effect; Silk; Silkworm; Social wasp pupae; Thermoelectric effect; Wet dry cooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012209632     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1910(95)00034-R     Document Type: Article

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