Experimental studies on cold survival of enchytraeid cocoons

Pedobiologia

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 561-571

  Bauer, Roswitha ^a   Worland, M Roger ^b   Block, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Cocoons; Desiccation; Differential scanning calorimetry; Enchytraeidae; Supercooling ability

Indexed keywords

COCOON; COLD TOLERANCE; SOIL FAUNA; SURVIVAL;

ANNELIDA; AVENA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; ENCHYTRAEUS ALBIDUS; ENCHYTRAEUS CRYPTICUS; ENCHYTRAEUS SP.; HENLEA; HENLEA PERPUSILLA; OLIGOCHAETA; URTICA;

EID: 0035657415     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00107     Document Type: Article

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