Water loss and desiccation tolerance of german cockroaches (dictyoptera: Blattellidae) exposed to moving air

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 477-486

  Oswalt, D A ^a   Appel, A G ^a   Smith II, L M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air movement; Blattella germanica; Desiccation; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AIRFLOW; AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; DEHYDRATION; DESICCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031214958     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(96)00413-6     Document Type: Article

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