Antarctic diptera: Ecology, physiology and distribution

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Convey, Peter ^a   Block, William ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Belgica antarctica; Chironomidae; Colonisation; Diptera; Eretmoptera murphyi; Life history; Parochlus steinenii; Physiology; Preadaptation

Indexed keywords

BELGICA ANTARCTICA; ERETMOPTERA MURPHYI; PAROCHLUS STEINENII;

EID: 0030060904     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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