Thermal tolerance and acclimation response of larvae of the sub-Antarctic beetle Hydromedion sparsutum (Coleoptera: Perimylopidae)

Polar Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-84

  Bale, J S ^a   Block, W ^b   Worland, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

COLEOPTERA; HYDROMEDION SPARSUTUM; PARODIOCHLOA FLABELLATA; PERIMYLOPIDAE;

EID: 0033963791     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003000050011     Document Type: Article

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