Winter survival and freeze tolerance in a northern cockroach, Periplaneta japonica (Blattidae: Dictyoptera)

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 849-853

  Tanaka, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Tanaka, Seiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BLATTARIA; BLATTIDAE; DICTYOPTERA; JAPONICA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA JAPONICA;

EID: 0031319132     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.849     Document Type: Article

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