A sexually dimorphic response in supercooling temperature, enhanced by starvation, in the lesser mealworm Alphitobius diaperinus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 411-418

  Salin, C ^a   Renault, D ^a   Vannier, G ^b   Vernon, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Laboratoire d'Ecologie Generale   (France)

Author keywords

Bimodality; Coleoptera; Freezing resistance; Sex; Starvation; Supercooling ability; Tenebrionidae

Indexed keywords

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS;

EID: 0033789591     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(00)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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