A new type of insect infrared organ of low thermal mass

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 226-229

  Schmitz, Helmut ^a   Schmitz, Anke ^a   Trenner, Stefan ^a   Bleckmann, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; COPULATION; DENDRITE; FIRE; INFRARED RADIATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMORECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BEETLES; FEMALE; MALE; SENSE ORGANS; SOIL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; WOOD;

ACANTHOCNEMUS NIGRICANS; ARACHNIDA; COLEOPTERA; CROTALINAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; VIPERINAE;

EID: 0036270466     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-002-0312-4     Document Type: Article

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