Key themes in the study of seasonal adaptations in insects I. Patterns of cold hardiness

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-211

  Danks, Hugh V ^a,b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold hardiness; Insects; Nucleators; Rapid cold hardening; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 25444465680     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2005.199     Document Type: Review

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