Diapause development in Aquarius paludum (Heteroptera: Gerridae)

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 427-430

  Harada, Tetsuo ^a   Ito, Ken ^a   Hodkova, Magdalena ^b   Hodek, Ivo ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aquarius paludum; Diapause development; Diapause induction; Gerridae; Ovarian maturation; Oxygen uptake; Reactivation; Water striders

Indexed keywords

DIAPAUSE; MATURATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AQUARIUS; AQUARIUS PALUDUM; GERRIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 5644272889     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2004.060     Document Type: Article

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