Adaptations in phalangiid harvestmen Gyas annulatus and G. titanus to their preferred water current adjacent habitats

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-53

  Novak, Tone ^a   Lipovšek, Saša ^a   Senčič, Leon ^a   Pabst, Maria Anna ^b   Janžekovič, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arachnids; Cold hardiness; Energy supply; Opiliones; Overwintering

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CAVE; COLD TOLERANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CURRENT; HABITAT SELECTION; OVERWINTERING;

ARACHNIDA; OPILIONES; PHALANGIDA; PHALANGIIDAE;

EID: 3342996092     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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