Adaptation to thermal stress in lichen-eating webspinners (Embioptera): Habitat choice, domicile construction and the potential role of heat shock proteins

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 255-262

  Edgerly, J S ^a   Tadimalla, A ^a,b   Dahlhoff, E P ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural thermoregulation; Embiidina; Heat shock protein

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEAT SHOCK; THERMOREGULATION;

EMBIOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NOTOLIGOTOMA;

EID: 20444368865     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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