Body temperature regulation in a late-season dragonfly, sympetrum vicinum (odonata: Libellulidae)

International Journal of Odonatology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-13

  May, Michael L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644614200     PISSN: 13887890     EISSN: 21596719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13887890.1998.9748090     Document Type: Article

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