Dormancy

Encyclopedia of Ecology, Five-Volume Set

Volumn 1-5, Issue , 2008, Pages 952-957

  Withers, P C ^a   Cooper, C E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arousal; Circadian; Circannual; Cryobiosis; Diapause; Dormancy; Ectotherm; Endotherm; Estivation; Hibernation; Metabolic depression; Q 10; Torpor

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954519715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00503-6     Document Type: Chapter

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