Resistance to thermal stress in desert Drosophila

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 965-970

  Stratman, R ^a   Markow, T A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat; Stress resistance; Survival; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

STRESS; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0032449051     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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