Seasonal and latitudinal variation in supercooling ability of the House Spider, Achaearanea tepidariorum (Araneae: Theridiidae)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-192

  Tanaka, K ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diapause; Feeding status; Geographic variation; Spider; Supercooling capacity

Indexed keywords

ACHAEARANEA TEPIDARIORUM; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; THERIDIIDAE;

HOUSE SPIDER; SUPERCOOLING;

JAPAN;

EID: 0030442955     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2389842     Document Type: Article

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