Diurnal variation in supercooling points of three species of Collembola from Cape Hallett, Antarctica

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1049-1061

  Sinclair, Brent J ^a   Klok, C Jaco ^a   Scott, Matthew B ^b   Terblanche, John S ^a   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acclimation; Behavioural avoidance; Cold tolerance; Microclimate temperature; Rapid cold hardening

Indexed keywords

MICROCLIMATE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; COLLEMBOLA; CRYPTOPYGUS; CRYPTOPYGUS CISANTARCTICUS; FRIESEA; FRIESEA GRISEA; ISOTOMA KLOVSTADI; ISOTOMIDAE; NEANURIDAE; VICTORIA;

EID: 0242350252     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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