Body temperature and thermoregulation in two species of yellowjackets, Vespula germanica and V. maculifrons

Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-76

  Coelho, J R ^a   Ross, A J ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Hymenoptera; Regurgitation; Thermoregulation; Vespidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030067340     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00264641     Document Type: Article

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