Ultraviolet B light stimulates hornet activities - a review

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 704-723

  Ishay, Jacob S ^a   Kirshboim, Shira ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ULTRAVIOLET BANDWIDTH (UVB); VESPAN ACTIVITY;

BIOLOGY;

EID: 0034227265     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/15/7/309     Document Type: Article

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