Microclimate and variations in haemolymph composition in the freezing-tolerant New Zealand alpine weta Hemideina maori Hutton (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 224-235

  Ramlov H ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cold tolerance; Cryoprotectants; Free amino acids; Insect; Ions

Indexed keywords

HEMIDEINA FEMORATA; HEMIDEINA MAORI;

EID: 0032923080     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050215     Document Type: Article

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