Supercooling points and diapause termination in overwintering adults of orchard bees Osmia cornuta and O. rufa (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 323-326

  Krunic M D ^a   Stanisavljevic L Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Diapause; Osmia; Supercooling

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BEE; DIAPAUSE; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; OVERWINTERING; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPRING (SEASON); SUPERCOOLING;

BELGRADE; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SERBIA; SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA; MEGACHILIDAE; OSMIA CORNUTA;

EID: 33745167672     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2006423     Document Type: Article

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