Accessibility of high temperature and high humidity for the mesofauna of a harsh habitat - The case of exposed tree trunks

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 403-412

  Prinzing, Andreas ^a,b  

^a The State Museum of Natural History Museum Karlsruhe   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bark; Biophysical ecology; Boundary layer climate; Ecoclimate; Ecophysiology; Habitat; Microarthropod

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BARK; CLIMATE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FAUNA; HABITAT QUALITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; TREE; WATER VAPOR;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 0037788114     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(03)00025-1     Document Type: Article

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