Thermal gains through collective metabolic heat production in social caterpillars of Eriogaster lanestris

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 193-196

  Ruf, Claudia ^a   Fiedler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; CATERPILLAR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THERMOREGULATION;

ERIOGASTER; ERIOGASTER LANESTRIS; INSECTA; LASIOCAMPIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA;

EID: 0034065812     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050702     Document Type: Article

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