Freezing induces a loss of freeze tolerance in an overwintering insect

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1547, 2004, Pages 1507-1511

  Brown, C L ^a   Bale, J S ^b   Walters, K F A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Freeze tolerance; Freezing; Nucleator; Strategy

Indexed keywords

ICE;

FREEZE TOLERANCE; FREEZING; INSECT; LARVA; OVERWINTERING; SUPERCOOLING;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COLD TOLERANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZING; INSECT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; OVERWINTERING; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYRPHUS RIBESSI; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THAWING; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARACHNIDA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SYRPHIDAE; SYRPHUS; SYRPHUS RIBESII;

EID: 3242663629     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2760     Document Type: Article

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