Natural Thermoelectric Heat Pump in Social Wasps

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 4-

  Ishay, Jacob S ^a   Pertsis, Vitaly ^a   Rave, Eran ^a   Goren, Alon ^a   Bergman, David J ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMOREGULATION; WASP;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; INFRARED RAYS; PHOTOGRAPHY; WASPS;

BIODIVERSITY; CAMERAS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; INFRARED DEVICES;

HORNETS; WASPS;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 0042266454     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.218102     Document Type: Article

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