Thermoperiodic Responses in Insects and Mites Simulated with the Double Circadian Oscillator Clock

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 461-470

  Vaz Nunes, Marlies ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian oscillator; Insects; Mites; Photoperiodism; Quantitative model; Thermoperiodism

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INSECT; MITE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; THERMOREGULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDBACK; INSECTS; MITES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD;

EID: 0032238644     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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