Effects of starvation on body composition and cold tolerance in the collembolan Orchesella cincta and the isopod Porcellio scaber

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 973-978

  Lavy, D ^a   Nedved, O ^b   Verhoef, H A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Lipid; Overwintering; Protein; Soil arthropods; Starvation

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; COLD TOLERANCE; STARVATION;

COLLENBOLA; ISOPODA; ORCHESELLA CINCTA; PORCELLIO SCABER;

EID: 0031259640     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(97)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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