Weather to go out: Activity of Bothrometopus brevis (Curculionidae) at Heard Island

Polar Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 217-221

  Chown, S L ^a   Klok, C J ^a   McGeoch, M A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE EFFECT; WEATHER;

HEARD ISLAND; HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

CURCULIONIDAE;

EID: 1842634939     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0579-8     Document Type: Article

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