Tolerance of freezing in caterpillars of the New Zealand Magpie moth (Nyctemera annulata)

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-300

  Hawes, Timothy C ^a   Wharton, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Equilibrium freezing; Evolution of freeze tolerance; Insect metamorphosis; Magpie moth; Woolly bears

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CATERPILLAR; FITNESS; FREEZE TOLERANCE; GENOTYPE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTH; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

NEW ZEALAND;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRRHARCTIA ISABELLA;

EID: 77955741370     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2010.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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