Overwintering in yellowjacket queens (Vespula vulgaris) and green stinkbugs (Elasmostethus interstinctus) in subarctic Alaska

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1469-1480

  Barnes, Brian M ^a   Barger, Jamie L ^a   Seares, Jessica ^a   Tacquard, Pamela C ^a   Zuercher, Gerald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASMOSTETHUS INTERSTINCTUS; VESPULA VULGARIS; ACANTHOSOMATIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; VESPIDAE;

FREEZING RESISTANCE; GREEN STINKBUG; HIBERNACULUM; OVERWINTERING; SUPERCOOLING; YELLOWJACKET QUEEN;

USA, ALASKA;

EID: 0030301881     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/physzool.69.6.30164270     Document Type: Article

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