Factors contributing to seasonal increases in inoculative freezing resistance in overwintering fire-colored beetle larvae Dendroides canadensis (pyrochroidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1585-1594

  Olsen, T Mark ^a   Sass, Sandra J ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Duman, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifreeze protein; Beetle; Cuticle modification; Dendroides canadensis; Epidermis; Freeze avoidance; Haemolymph; Inoculative freezing resistance; Season

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031874946     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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