Natural freezing survival in animals

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 27, Issue , 1996, Pages 365-386

  Storey, Kenneth B ^a   Storey, Janet M ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cell volume regulation; cold hardiness; cryobiology; cryoprotectants; freeze tolerance

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 0030498308     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.27.1.365     Document Type: Article

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